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... humour . The Art of Conversation Noble Independence Disappointed Ambition On Judicious Flattery On Equanimity Confession of Faults 325 • 329 334 339 · 344 350 355 SPECTATOR CLUB PAPERS E B The Members THE first of CONTENTS XV.
... humour . The Art of Conversation Noble Independence Disappointed Ambition On Judicious Flattery On Equanimity Confession of Faults 325 • 329 334 339 · 344 350 355 SPECTATOR CLUB PAPERS E B The Members THE first of CONTENTS XV.
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... humour creates him no enemies , for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes and forms makes him but the readier and more capable to please and oblige all who know him . When he is in town , he ...
... humour creates him no enemies , for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes and forms makes him but the readier and more capable to please and oblige all who know him . When he is in town , he ...
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... , which represents with much humour my honest friend's condition : - Quicquid agit Rufus , nihil est , nisi Nævia Rufo , Si gaudet , si flet , si tacet , hanc loquitur : Cœnat , propinat , poscit , negat , annuit , SIR ROGER IN LOVE 31.
... , which represents with much humour my honest friend's condition : - Quicquid agit Rufus , nihil est , nisi Nævia Rufo , Si gaudet , si flet , si tacet , hanc loquitur : Cœnat , propinat , poscit , negat , annuit , SIR ROGER IN LOVE 31.
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... humour , and his matter ; others admire the whole man . Some pretend , from the informations of their friends in town , to decipher the author ; and others confess they are lost in their guesses . For my part , I must own myself a ...
... humour , and his matter ; others admire the whole man . Some pretend , from the informations of their friends in town , to decipher the author ; and others confess they are lost in their guesses . For my part , I must own myself a ...
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... humour as I am now in , I can the better indulge myself in the softness of humanity , and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions . We , that are very old , are better able to remember things which ...
... humour as I am now in , I can the better indulge myself in the softness of humanity , and enjoy that sweet anxiety which arises from the memory of past afflictions . We , that are very old , are better able to remember things which ...
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acquaintance admiration affection agreeable ambition appear beauty behaviour behold Bickerstaff character charms circumstances CLARE MARKET coffee-house conversation Cottius countenance court creature Damia delight desire discourse dress entertain esquires excellent eyes F. T. PALGRAVE favour flatter fortune FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE gentleman give happy head heard heart HEIR OF REDCLYFFE honour hour humour Hungary water husband imagination impertinent innocent ISAAC BICKERSTAFF James Miller lady laugh letter live look LORD TENNYSON lover mankind manner matter merit methinks mind mirth morning nature never night obliged observe occasion ordinary passion periwig person pleased pleasure porringer pretty Pyrrha reason satisfaction Scornful Lady sense servant Sir Roger smile sorrow speak Spectator spirit spleen story talk Tatler tell temper tender things thought tion told town turn vanity virtue whole wife woman women word young
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Page 63 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 82 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 64 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 4 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Page 8 - This way of talking of his very much enlivens the conversation among us of a more sedate turn ; and I find there is not one of the company but myself, who rarely speak at all, but speaks of him as of that sort of man, who is usually called a well-bred fine gentleman. To conclude his character, where women are not concerned, he is an honest worthy man. I cannot tell whether I am to account him whom I am...
Page 58 - My friend, who is always extremely delighted with her agreeable humour, made her sit down with us. She did it with that easiness which is peculiar to women of sense; and to keep up the good humour she had brought in with her, turned her raillery upon me.
Page 63 - Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild: then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk...
Page 97 - ... his hat. When there happens to be any thing ridiculous in a visage, and the owner of it thinks it an aspect of dignity, he must be of very great quality to be exempt from raillery. The best expedient therefore is to be pleasant upon himself. Prince Harry and Falstaff, in Shakspeare, have carried the ridicule upon fat and lean, as far as it will go. Falstaff is humurously called woolsack, bedpresser, and hill of flesh : Harry, a starveling, an elves-skin, a sheath, a bow-case, and a tuck.