The Tatler, Volume 1George Atherton Aitken Duckworth, 1898 - English essays |
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Page 17
... favour of her spectators , which , to the last scene of her dramatic life , she maintained by not being unguarded in her private character . This discretion contributed not a little to make her the Cara , the darling of the theatre ...
... favour of her spectators , which , to the last scene of her dramatic life , she maintained by not being unguarded in her private character . This discretion contributed not a little to make her the Cara , the darling of the theatre ...
Page 18
... favour of dress and sound . This place is very much altered since Mr. Dryden frequented it ; where you used to see songs , epigrams , and satires in the hands of every man you met , you have now only a pack of cards ; and instead of the ...
... favour of dress and sound . This place is very much altered since Mr. Dryden frequented it ; where you used to see songs , epigrams , and satires in the hands of every man you met , you have now only a pack of cards ; and instead of the ...
Page 20
... favour of the Duchess of Burgundy , is to command in Flanders . 2 Mr. Kidney added , that there were letters of the 17th from Ghent , which give an account , that the enemy had formed a design to surprise two battalions of the allies ...
... favour of the Duchess of Burgundy , is to command in Flanders . 2 Mr. Kidney added , that there were letters of the 17th from Ghent , which give an account , that the enemy had formed a design to surprise two battalions of the allies ...
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... favour ; but I have a respect for him , as well in regard to consanguinity , as that he is an intimate friend of that famous and heroic actor , Mr. George Powell , who formerly played Alexander the Great in all places , though he is ...
... favour ; but I have a respect for him , as well in regard to consanguinity , as that he is an intimate friend of that famous and heroic actor , Mr. George Powell , who formerly played Alexander the Great in all places , though he is ...
Page 90
... favour would insinuate . He observes that no man begins to make any tolerable figure , till he sets out with the hopes of pleasing some one of us . No sooner he takes that in hand , but he pleases every one else by - the - bye . It has ...
... favour would insinuate . He observes that no man begins to make any tolerable figure , till he sets out with the hopes of pleasing some one of us . No sooner he takes that in hand , but he pleases every one else by - the - bye . It has ...
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