English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century: Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith |
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... where he had the remnant of a property . Posterity has been kinder to this amiable creature ; all women especially are bound to be grateful to Steele , as he was the first of our writers who really seemed to admire and respect 14 STEELE.
... where he had the remnant of a property . Posterity has been kinder to this amiable creature ; all women especially are bound to be grateful to Steele , as he was the first of our writers who really seemed to admire and respect 14 STEELE.
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... seemed to admire and respect them . Congreve the Great , who alludes to the low estimation in which women were held in Elizabeth's time , as a reason why the women of Shakspeare make so small a figure in the poet's dialogues , though he ...
... seemed to admire and respect them . Congreve the Great , who alludes to the low estimation in which women were held in Elizabeth's time , as a reason why the women of Shakspeare make so small a figure in the poet's dialogues , though he ...
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... . A maid going up with coals made us halt , and put us into such confusion , that we stood all in a heap , without any visible possibility of recovering our order : for the young jackanapes seemed to make a 57 THE THE TATLER.
... . A maid going up with coals made us halt , and put us into such confusion , that we stood all in a heap , without any visible possibility of recovering our order : for the young jackanapes seemed to make a 57 THE THE TATLER.
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... seemed to make a jest of this matter , and had so contrived , by pressing amongst us under pre- tence of making way , that his grandfather was got into the middle , and he knew nobody was of quality to stir a step , till Sir Harry moved ...
... seemed to make a jest of this matter , and had so contrived , by pressing amongst us under pre- tence of making way , that his grandfather was got into the middle , and he knew nobody was of quality to stir a step , till Sir Harry moved ...
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... seemed concerned at that , and told me he was a dancing- master , and had been reading a dance or two before he went out , which had been written by one who taught at an academy in France . He observed me at a stand , and went on to ...
... seemed concerned at that , and told me he was a dancing- master , and had been reading a dance or two before he went out , which had been written by one who taught at an academy in France . He observed me at a stand , and went on to ...
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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