English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 54
Page 33
... , from what I have said , be induced to believe I shun the commerce of men , I must inform you , that there is a fresh topic of discourse lately arisen amongst the ingenious in our part of the world , and is become the more 33.
... , from what I have said , be induced to believe I shun the commerce of men , I must inform you , that there is a fresh topic of discourse lately arisen amongst the ingenious in our part of the world , and is become the more 33.
Page 39
... discourse at the first en- trance . After which , they began to rally me upon a thousand little stories they heard in the country , about my marriage to one of my neighbour's daughters . Upon which the gentleman , my friend said , " Nay ...
... discourse at the first en- trance . After which , they began to rally me upon a thousand little stories they heard in the country , about my marriage to one of my neighbour's daughters . Upon which the gentleman , my friend said , " Nay ...
Page 40
... discourse , I said , " She is not indeed quite that creature she was , when she re- turned me the letter I carried from you ; and told me , ' she hoped , as I was a gentleman , I would be employed no more to trouble her , who had never ...
... discourse , I said , " She is not indeed quite that creature she was , when she re- turned me the letter I carried from you ; and told me , ' she hoped , as I was a gentleman , I would be employed no more to trouble her , who had never ...
Page 42
... discourse about the beauties , who were mothers to the present , and shined in the boxes twenty years ago . I told her , " I was glad she had transferred so many of her charms , and I did not question but her eldest daughter was within ...
... discourse about the beauties , who were mothers to the present , and shined in the boxes twenty years ago . I told her , " I was glad she had transferred so many of her charms , and I did not question but her eldest daughter was within ...
Page 43
... discourse ; I am undertaking , me- thinks , a work worthy an invulnerable hero in romance , rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier : but as I am pretty well acquainted by great opportunities with the nature of man , and ...
... discourse ; I am undertaking , me- thinks , a work worthy an invulnerable hero in romance , rather than a private gentleman with a single rapier : but as I am pretty well acquainted by great opportunities with the nature of man , and ...
Contents
215 | |
217 | |
221 | |
224 | |
227 | |
230 | |
234 | |
237 | |
61 | |
66 | |
70 | |
73 | |
76 | |
80 | |
84 | |
87 | |
89 | |
93 | |
96 | |
98 | |
99 | |
102 | |
104 | |
108 | |
108 | |
114 | |
117 | |
120 | |
124 | |
127 | |
128 | |
130 | |
133 | |
137 | |
139 | |
147 | |
149 | |
152 | |
155 | |
158 | |
162 | |
165 | |
168 | |
171 | |
174 | |
177 | |
180 | |
183 | |
186 | |
190 | |
192 | |
193 | |
196 | |
199 | |
205 | |
208 | |
212 | |
241 | |
244 | |
246 | |
248 | |
251 | |
254 | |
258 | |
262 | |
266 | |
268 | |
272 | |
275 | |
278 | |
281 | |
284 | |
288 | |
291 | |
293 | |
297 | |
299 | |
320 | |
325 | |
339 | |
389 | |
390 | |
394 | |
394 | |
398 | |
400 | |
404 | |
411 | |
418 | |
426 | |
433 | |
434 | |
439 | |
443 | |
449 | |
455 | |
462 | |
470 | |
476 | |
477 | |
484 | |
490 | |
498 | |
500 | |
506 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance ADDISON Æneids agreeable appear beautiful Belvidera Bickerstaff called Captain club coffee-house confess conversation Coote coquette court creature cried dear delight desire Dick dinner discourse door dress endeavour English entertainment eyes face fancy fashion father fortune Gascon gentleman give hand head hear heard heart honour hour humour husband ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE Joseph Addison kind lady laugh LAURENCE STERNE learning letter live look Lord Lord Warwick lover mankind manner marriage mind morning Muscovy nature never night observed occasion paper passed passion person petticoat pleased pleasure pounds present pretty Prue reason satisfaction says Sir Harry Sir Richard Steele speak Steele story talk Tatler tell thing thought tion told took town turned uncle Toby upholsterer VIRG Virgil Westminster Abbey Whig whole wife woman women word writing young