Essays: Biographical, Critical, and Historical; Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Volume 1Suttaby, Evance, and Fox, 1814 - Authors, English |
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Page 36
... ladies , deemed rare and important ac- quisitions , much information or acquired know- ledge in the female world could not be expect- ed , and one of the best educated ladies of her day , of the first taste and understanding , is re ...
... ladies , deemed rare and important ac- quisitions , much information or acquired know- ledge in the female world could not be expect- ed , and one of the best educated ladies of her day , of the first taste and understanding , is re ...
Page 37
... frivolous consumption of time , let it not be forgotten that he concludes by de- claring he knew many ladies in an exalted * Spectator , vol . i . No. 10 . sphere , who joined all the beauties of the mind ON PERIODICAL WRITING . 37.
... frivolous consumption of time , let it not be forgotten that he concludes by de- claring he knew many ladies in an exalted * Spectator , vol . i . No. 10 . sphere , who joined all the beauties of the mind ON PERIODICAL WRITING . 37.
Page 124
... ladies at his house . Delicacies of every kind , pyra- mids of every species of sweatmeat , and the most generous wines , burgundy , champagne , & c . & c . were given , and were ushered in by a prologue written by Mr. Tickell , and ...
... ladies at his house . Delicacies of every kind , pyra- mids of every species of sweatmeat , and the most generous wines , burgundy , champagne , & c . & c . were given , and were ushered in by a prologue written by Mr. Tickell , and ...
Page 126
... Series of Letters to a Lady in the Country , which , extending only to nine numbers , finished on Monday , February the 13th , 1716. It appears to have been for the greater part a collection of 126 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE ,
... Series of Letters to a Lady in the Country , which , extending only to nine numbers , finished on Monday , February the 13th , 1716. It appears to have been for the greater part a collection of 126 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF STEELE ,
Page 127
... lady , then in the country , and embracing the fashionable and poli tical topics of the day , and occasionally impart ing his sentiments of the stage and its produc tions . The origin of this and some other perio , dical publications ...
... lady , then in the country , and embracing the fashionable and poli tical topics of the day , and occasionally impart ing his sentiments of the stage and its produc tions . The origin of this and some other perio , dical publications ...
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