The Beauties of the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian,Theophilus Barrois, Junior, 1819 |
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... sent , and has been delivered down from father to son , whole and entire , without the loss or acqui- sition of a single field or meadow , during the of six hundred years . There runs a story in space the family , that when my mother ...
... sent , and has been delivered down from father to son , whole and entire , without the loss or acqui- sition of a single field or meadow , during the of six hundred years . There runs a story in space the family , that when my mother ...
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... sent thither partly by the loss of one lover , and partly by the possession of another . I have often reflected with myself on this un- accountable humour in womankind , of being smitten with every thing that is showy and super- ficial ...
... sent thither partly by the loss of one lover , and partly by the possession of another . I have often reflected with myself on this un- accountable humour in womankind , of being smitten with every thing that is showy and super- ficial ...
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... sent me by some substantial tradesman about Change . SIR , I AM a man in years , and by an honest indus- try in the world have acquired enough to give my children a liberal education , though I was an utter stranger to it myself . My ...
... sent me by some substantial tradesman about Change . SIR , I AM a man in years , and by an honest indus- try in the world have acquired enough to give my children a liberal education , though I was an utter stranger to it myself . My ...
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... sent from the torrid zone , and the tippet from beneath the pole . The brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru , and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan . If we consider our own country in its natural prospect ...
... sent from the torrid zone , and the tippet from beneath the pole . The brocade petticoat rises out of the mines of Peru , and the diamond necklace out of the bowels of Indostan . If we consider our own country in its natural prospect ...
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... - faction inexprimable à tous ceux qui les connois- sent ; c'est un plaisir sublime qui s'accroît par la participation . Elle est aussi sacrée que l'amitié , pleasurable as love , and as joyful as religion . BEAUTÉS DU SPECTATEUR . 215.
... - faction inexprimable à tous ceux qui les connois- sent ; c'est un plaisir sublime qui s'accroît par la participation . Elle est aussi sacrée que l'amitié , pleasurable as love , and as joyful as religion . BEAUTÉS DU SPECTATEUR . 215.
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Page 16 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Page 8 - Tree, and in the theatres both of Drury Lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stock-jobbers at Jonathan's.
Page 18 - He is now in his fifty-sixth Year, cheerful, gay, and hearty ; keeps a good House both in Town and Country ; a great Lover of Mankind ; but there is such a mirthful Cast in his Behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His Tenants grow rich, his Servants look satisfied, all the young Women profess Love to him, and the young Men are glad of his Company...
Page 32 - 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 next to speak of as one of our company, for he visits us but seldom ; but when he does, it adds to every man else a new enjoyment of himself. He is a clergyman, a very philosophic man, of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good breeding.
Page 60 - ... as much from trifling accidents as from real evils. I have known the shooting of a star spoil a night's rest ; and have seen a man in love grow pale, and lose his appetite, upon the plucking of a merry-thought. A screech-owl at midnight has alarmed a family more than a band of robbers; nay, the voice of a cricket hath struck more terror than the roaring of a lion. There is nothing so inconsiderable, which may not appear dreadful to an imagination that is filled with omens and prognostics. A rusty...
Page 30 - 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 that sort of man, who is usually called a well-bred fine gentleman.
Page 138 - Solemnities I cannot forbear expressing my Joy with Tears that have stolen down my Cheeks. For this reason I am wonderfully delighted to see such a Body of Men thriving in their own private Fortunes, and at the same time promoting the Publick Stock; or in other Words, raising Estates for their own Families, by bringing into their Country whatever is wanting, and carrying out of it whatever is superfluous.
Page 140 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share ! Natural historians tell us, that no fruit grows originally among us besides hips and haws, acorns and pig-nuts, with other...
Page 54 - ... that an old gentleman came too late for a place suitable to his age and quality. Many of the young gentlemen who observed the difficulty and confusion he was in, made signs to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they sat. The good man bustled through the crowd accordingly; but when he came to the seats...
Page 56 - ... strange dream the night before, which they were afraid portended some misfortune to themselves or to their children. At her coming into the room, I observed a settled melancholy in her countenance, which I should have been troubled for, had I not heard from whence it proceeded. "We were no sooner sat down, but, after having looked upon me a little while, " My dear," says she, turning to her husband, " you may now see the stranger that was in the candle last night.