The Tatler; Or, Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq, Zväzok 4C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, 1774 |
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Strana 95
... present conduct , and by gradual murmurs fall off from his friends into a new party , by juft fteps and measures . For want of fuch notices , I have formerly known a very well - bred perfon refufe to return a bow of a man whom he ...
... present conduct , and by gradual murmurs fall off from his friends into a new party , by juft fteps and measures . For want of fuch notices , I have formerly known a very well - bred perfon refufe to return a bow of a man whom he ...
Strana 232
... present , who has not been driven out of the field by the Duke of Marlborough : But whether this be only an accidental or a neceffary qualification , I must confefs I am not able to ⚫determine . As for the Court of Honour of which I am ...
... present , who has not been driven out of the field by the Duke of Marlborough : But whether this be only an accidental or a neceffary qualification , I must confefs I am not able to ⚫determine . As for the Court of Honour of which I am ...
Strana 241
... present too much employed in the modelling my " Court of Honour , " and altering the feats , benches , bar , and canopy from that of the Court wherein I , laft winter , fat upon caufes of lefs moment . By the way , I fhall take an ...
... present too much employed in the modelling my " Court of Honour , " and altering the feats , benches , bar , and canopy from that of the Court wherein I , laft winter , fat upon caufes of lefs moment . By the way , I fhall take an ...
Strana 274
... present tranfaction , -Minùs aptus acutis- Naribus horum hominum -Unfit For the brisk petulance of modern wit . FRANCIS but for the fake of fome of my philofophical friends in the Royal Society , who perufe difcourfes of this nature ...
... present tranfaction , -Minùs aptus acutis- Naribus horum hominum -Unfit For the brisk petulance of modern wit . FRANCIS but for the fake of fome of my philofophical friends in the Royal Society , who perufe difcourfes of this nature ...
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Advertiſements againſt agreeable alfo anfwer appear beauty becauſe beft behaviour Bickerstaff bufinefs cafe caufe Cenfor circumftances Coffee-houfe confider confideration converfation Court defign defire difcourfe drefs Efquire eftate efteemed fafe faid fame fatirical fatisfaction fecond feems feen felf fenfe fent fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fortune fpeak fpirit ftill fubject fuch fure Gentleman give Great-Britain greateft herſelf himſelf honour humble fervant humour inftance ISAAC BICKERSTAFF itſelf juft Lady laft leaft lefs Letter mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary never Nofe obferved occafion OVID paffion pafs Palamede perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent profecutor reafon reft rife ſhall ſhe Tatler thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand Thurſday tion Tueſday ufual underſtand uſe vifit whofe woman worfe young
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Strana 150 - I think on those numberless vermin that feed upon this paper, and find their sustenance out of it: I mean the small wits and scribblers, that every day turn a penny by nibbling at my Lucubrations.
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Strana 186 - Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs. Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within...
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