The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and biographical, by A. Chalmers, Volume 4Alexander Chalmers 1817 |
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... taken from him on Bagshot - heath , and which , he tells me , would not have troubled him , if he had given it to the poor . In short , there is scarce a calamity in human life that has not produced me a letter . can It is indeed ...
... taken from him on Bagshot - heath , and which , he tells me , would not have troubled him , if he had given it to the poor . In short , there is scarce a calamity in human life that has not produced me a letter . can It is indeed ...
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... taken for the highest injury ; and it very seldom happens , that the man is slow enough in assuming the character of a husband , or the woman quick enough in conde- scending to that of a wife . It immediately follows , that they think ...
... taken for the highest injury ; and it very seldom happens , that the man is slow enough in assuming the character of a husband , or the woman quick enough in conde- scending to that of a wife . It immediately follows , that they think ...
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... taken an air that showed a secret satisfaction in her- self , mixed with a scorn of others . " I did not know , " says my friend , " what to make of the carriage of this fantastical girl , until I was informed by her elder sister , that ...
... taken an air that showed a secret satisfaction in her- self , mixed with a scorn of others . " I did not know , " says my friend , " what to make of the carriage of this fantastical girl , until I was informed by her elder sister , that ...
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... taken by a certain prince , which time will bring to light . ' Now the Post- man , " says he , " who uses to be very clear , refers to the same news in these words . The late con- duct of a certain prince affords great matter of ...
... taken by a certain prince , which time will bring to light . ' Now the Post- man , " says he , " who uses to be very clear , refers to the same news in these words . The late con- duct of a certain prince affords great matter of ...
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... worthy citizens who live more in a coffee- house than in their shops , and whose thoughts are so taken up with the affairs of the allies , that they forget their customers . N ° 156. SATURDAY , APRIL 8 , 1710 . No 155 .. 59 TATLER .
... worthy citizens who live more in a coffee- house than in their shops , and whose thoughts are so taken up with the affairs of the allies , that they forget their customers . N ° 156. SATURDAY , APRIL 8 , 1710 . No 155 .. 59 TATLER .
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Page 26 - Her husband the relater she preferr'd Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather; he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses: from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Page 221 - Full of crusadoes : and, but my noble Moor Is true of mind and made of no such baseness As jealous creatures are, it were enough To put him to ill thinking. Emil. Is he not jealous? Des. Who, he ? I think the sun where he was born Drew all such humours from him.
Page 12 - READING is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and; invigorated; by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
Page 222 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war...
Page 222 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Page 98 - YESTERDAY came hither about two hours before the company generally make their appearance, with a design to read over all the newspapers ; but upon my sitting down I was accosted by Ned Softly, who saw me from a corner in the other end of the room, where I found he had been writing something.
Page 8 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Page 190 - I say, when we let our thoughts wander from such noble objects, and consider the havoc which is made among the tender and the innocent, pity enters with an unmixed softness, and possesses all our souls at once. Here (were there words to express such sentiments with proper tenderness) I should record the beauty, innocence, and untimely death, of the first object my eyes ever beheld with love.
Page 101 - assured me, he would rather have written that Ah ! than to have been the author of the JEneid. He inded objected, that I made Mira's pen like a quill in one of the lines, and like a dart in the other. But as to that " " Oh ! as to that," says I, " it is but supposing Cupid to be like a porcupine, and his quills and darts will be the same thing.
Page 101 - Pray how do you like that ah ! Doth it not make a pretty figure in that place ? Ah ! — it looks as if I felt the dart, and cried out at being pricked with it. " For, ah ! it wounds me like his dart.