The British Essayists: TatlerJ. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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... delight , which flows from a well taught and liberal mind . With great respect to country sports , I may say , this gentleman could pass his time agree- ably , if there were not a hare or a fox in his county . That calm and elegant ...
... delight , which flows from a well taught and liberal mind . With great respect to country sports , I may say , this gentleman could pass his time agree- ably , if there were not a hare or a fox in his county . That calm and elegant ...
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... delight in pudding and potatoes ; and indeed I retain a benevolence for that sort of food to this day . I do not remember that I distin- guished myself in any thing at those years , but by my great skill at law , for which I was so ...
... delight in pudding and potatoes ; and indeed I retain a benevolence for that sort of food to this day . I do not remember that I distin- guished myself in any thing at those years , but by my great skill at law , for which I was so ...
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... him pining , languishing , despairing , dying . " I have been always wonderfully delighted with fables , allegories , and the like inventions , which the politest and the best instructors of mankind have always 32 N ° 90 . TATLER .
... him pining , languishing , despairing , dying . " I have been always wonderfully delighted with fables , allegories , and the like inventions , which the politest and the best instructors of mankind have always 32 N ° 90 . TATLER .
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... delight men take in reading lampoons and scandal , with which the age abounds , and of which I receive frequent complaints . Upon mature consideration , I find it is principally for this reason , that the worst of mankind , the ...
... delight men take in reading lampoons and scandal , with which the age abounds , and of which I receive frequent complaints . Upon mature consideration , I find it is principally for this reason , that the worst of mankind , the ...
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... delighted with this which follows : " DEAR SIR , " I believe this is the first letter that was ever sent you from the middle region , where I am at this present writing . Not to keep you in suspense , it comes to you from the top of the ...
... delighted with this which follows : " DEAR SIR , " I believe this is the first letter that was ever sent you from the middle region , where I am at this present writing . Not to keep you in suspense , it comes to you from the top of the ...
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Page 170 - 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 by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 169 - 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 152 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 104 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally: and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 61 - ... an ingenuous shame for an offence, not always to be seen in children in other families. I speak freely to you, my old friend ; ever since her sickness, things that gave me the quickest joy before, turn now to a certain anxiety. As the children play in the next room, I know the poor things by their steps, and am considering what they must do, should they lose their mother in their tender years. The pleasure I used to take in telling my boy stories of battles, and asking my girl questions about...
Page 170 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams on herb, tree, fruit, and flower 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...
Page 62 - Her husband's eyes sparkled with pleasure at the cheerfulness of her. countenance ; and I saw all his fears vanish in an instant. The lady observing something in our looks which showed we had been more serious than ordinary, and seeing her husband receive her with great concern under a forced cheerfulness, immediately guessed at what we had been talking of ; and applying herself to me, said, with a smile,
Page 125 - Would have mourn'd longer, — married with my uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules: within a month, Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, She married. O most wicked speed, to post With such dexterity to incestuous sheets, It is not nor it cannot come to good; But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue!
Page 170 - 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 59 - With such reflections on little passages which happened long ago, we passed our time during a cheerful and elegant meal. After dinner, his lady left the room, as did also the children. As soon as we were alone, he took me by the hand; Well, my good friend...