Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 3C. Whittingham, 1805 - English literature |
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... present of a thousand pounds . The attempt failed , however , and Budgell had again recourse to his pen for the means of subsistence . Had this been employed in the cause of his coun- try , of virtue , or religion , no nobler occupation ...
... present of a thousand pounds . The attempt failed , however , and Budgell had again recourse to his pen for the means of subsistence . Had this been employed in the cause of his coun- try , of virtue , or religion , no nobler occupation ...
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... present topic . The story of the lamp of Rosicrusius , even if it ever had the slightest foundation , only owes its origin to the spirit of party , which at the time would have persuaded the world , that Rosicrusius had , at least ...
... present topic . The story of the lamp of Rosicrusius , even if it ever had the slightest foundation , only owes its origin to the spirit of party , which at the time would have persuaded the world , that Rosicrusius had , at least ...
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... present , would look like turning our public assemblies into a general masquerade . The model of this Amazonian hunting - habit for ladies , was , as I take it , first imported from France , and well enough expresses the gaiety of a ...
... present , would look like turning our public assemblies into a general masquerade . The model of this Amazonian hunting - habit for ladies , was , as I take it , first imported from France , and well enough expresses the gaiety of a ...
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... present Gallic fashion of going nearly naked , than at the warm covering of broad cloth usurped by the beauties of his day . The eloquence of tears and fainting fits , when practised by a fascinating and artful woman , has furnished ...
... present Gallic fashion of going nearly naked , than at the warm covering of broad cloth usurped by the beauties of his day . The eloquence of tears and fainting fits , when practised by a fascinating and artful woman , has furnished ...
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... presents a very happy instance ; its best eulogium is , that it is impossible to read it without tears . The observations on Conjugal Love , in No 525 , and on the Dignity of Human Nature , in No 537 , are worthy of our elegant moralist ...
... presents a very happy instance ; its best eulogium is , that it is impossible to read it without tears . The observations on Conjugal Love , in No 525 , and on the Dignity of Human Nature , in No 537 , are worthy of our elegant moralist ...
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