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Page 101
There is no sort of company so agreeable as that of women who have good
sense without affectation , and can converse with men without any private design
of imposing chains and fetters . Belvidera , whom I visited this evening , is one of
...
There is no sort of company so agreeable as that of women who have good
sense without affectation , and can converse with men without any private design
of imposing chains and fetters . Belvidera , whom I visited this evening , is one of
...
Page 136
... particularly surprise , admiration , astonishment ; nay , rage itself , there is
nothing more graceful than to see the play stand still for a few moments , and the
audience fixed in an agreeable suspense , during the silence of a skilful actor .
... particularly surprise , admiration , astonishment ; nay , rage itself , there is
nothing more graceful than to see the play stand still for a few moments , and the
audience fixed in an agreeable suspense , during the silence of a skilful actor .
Page 163
... and inform their minds in the justest methods , to make them what nature
designed them , the most beauteous objects of our eyes , and the most agreeable
companions of our lives . But , when I say this I must not omit at the same time to
look ...
... and inform their minds in the justest methods , to make them what nature
designed them , the most beauteous objects of our eyes , and the most agreeable
companions of our lives . But , when I say this I must not omit at the same time to
look ...
Page 213
I , therefore , who am an old married man , have sat down to give you an account
of the matter from my own knowledge , and the observations which I have made
upon the conduct of others in that most agreeable or wretched condition .
I , therefore , who am an old married man , have sat down to give you an account
of the matter from my own knowledge , and the observations which I have made
upon the conduct of others in that most agreeable or wretched condition .
Page 250
... well pleased with what every one said , and smiled with so much complaisance
at all their pretty fancies , that though I did not put one word into their discourse , I
have the vanity to think , they looked upon me as very agreeable company .
... well pleased with what every one said , and smiled with so much complaisance
at all their pretty fancies , that though I did not put one word into their discourse , I
have the vanity to think , they looked upon me as very agreeable company .
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Page 47 - 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 5 - So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!
Page 5 - Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth ! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman! A little month, or ere those shoes were old With which she follow'd my poor father's body...
Page 6 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Page 47 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Page 62 - Come on, sir; here's the place: — stand still. — How fearful And dizzy 'tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 48 - 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 30 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 198 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of Earth and Heaven.
Page 366 - She was a very beautiful woman, of a noble spirit, and there was a dignity in her grief amidst all the wildness of her transport; which, methought, struck me with an instinct of sorrow, that, before I was sensible of what it was to grieve, seized my very soul, and has made pity the weakness of my heart ever since.
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| Title | The British Essayists: Tatler Volume 3 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 3 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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