The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... things necessary for helping the distressed , who are willing to give one limb for the better main- tenance of the rest ; or such joyous youths , whose philosophy is confined to the present hour , and were VOL . II . B desirous to call ...
... things necessary for helping the distressed , who are willing to give one limb for the better main- tenance of the rest ; or such joyous youths , whose philosophy is confined to the present hour , and were VOL . II . B desirous to call ...
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... on sticks , build houses in dirt , and make ships in gut- ters by a faint idea of things they are to act here- after ; so old men play the lovers , potentates , and : emperors , from the decaying image of the more per- B 3 46 . 5 TATLER .
... on sticks , build houses in dirt , and make ships in gut- ters by a faint idea of things they are to act here- after ; so old men play the lovers , potentates , and : emperors , from the decaying image of the more per- B 3 46 . 5 TATLER .
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... thing , but what the lives and endeavours of the persons of whom we treat , make the basis of their fame and reputation . For this reason it is to be hoped that our appearance is reputed a public benefit ; and though certain per- sons ...
... thing , but what the lives and endeavours of the persons of whom we treat , make the basis of their fame and reputation . For this reason it is to be hoped that our appearance is reputed a public benefit ; and though certain per- sons ...
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... thing as motion ) by only moving . The beauteous Villaria , * who only was formed for his paramour , became the object of his affection . His first speech to her was as follows : ' Madam , ' It is not only that nature has made us two ...
... thing as motion ) by only moving . The beauteous Villaria , * who only was formed for his paramour , became the object of his affection . His first speech to her was as follows : ' Madam , ' It is not only that nature has made us two ...
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... thing more just , than the homage which is paid by a less to a more excellent being ; so that by the right ... things as scandalums magnatums ; there- fore , take heed hereafter how you write such things as I cannot easily answer , for ...
... thing more just , than the homage which is paid by a less to a more excellent being ; so that by the right ... things as scandalums magnatums ; there- fore , take heed hereafter how you write such things as I cannot easily answer , for ...
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