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Page xiii
... such force of genius , humour , wit , and learning that I fared like a distressed prince , who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by 1 No. 89 . 2 No. 271 . my auxiliary ; when I had called him in I xiii Introduction.
... such force of genius , humour , wit , and learning that I fared like a distressed prince , who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by 1 No. 89 . 2 No. 271 . my auxiliary ; when I had called him in I xiii Introduction.
Page xix
... must be led into reflection by degrees , and you must treat this custom with humour and raillery to get an audience , before come to pronounce sentence upon it . " you * 5 Follies and weaknesses are ridiculed in the Tatler xix Introduction.
... must be led into reflection by degrees , and you must treat this custom with humour and raillery to get an audience , before come to pronounce sentence upon it . " you * 5 Follies and weaknesses are ridiculed in the Tatler xix Introduction.
Page xxvii
... humour ; " but even those are at present become wholly invisible , and quite swallowed up in the blaze of the Spectator . " Steele himself said that his imitators held the censorship in commission . 4 THE TATLER VOL . I. A The Preface.1 ...
... humour ; " but even those are at present become wholly invisible , and quite swallowed up in the blaze of the Spectator . " Steele himself said that his imitators held the censorship in commission . 4 THE TATLER VOL . I. A The Preface.1 ...
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... humour , wit and learning , that I fared like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary ; when I had once called him in , I could not subsist without dependence on him . $ The same ...
... humour , wit and learning , that I fared like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary ; when I had once called him in , I could not subsist without dependence on him . $ The same ...
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... humour , raised it to as high a pitch of reputation as it could possibly arrive at . By this good fortune , the name of Isaac Bickerstaff gained an audience of all who had any taste of wit , and the addition of the ordinary occurrences ...
... humour , raised it to as high a pitch of reputation as it could possibly arrive at . By this good fortune , the name of Isaac Bickerstaff gained an audience of all who had any taste of wit , and the addition of the ordinary occurrences ...
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