The Beauties of the Spectator, Tatler, and Guardian,Theophilus Barrois, Junior, 1819 |
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... made up of pieces of a temporary interest , and often written in an incorrect style . The Spec- tator , on the contrary , being a moral and literary publication , is filled with articles of general inte- rest , and its style vies in ...
... made up of pieces of a temporary interest , and often written in an incorrect style . The Spec- tator , on the contrary , being a moral and literary publication , is filled with articles of general inte- rest , and its style vies in ...
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... made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on pur- pose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as soon as I had set myself right in that particular , returned to my native country with great satis- faction . I have passed my latter years in this ...
... made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on pur- pose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as soon as I had set myself right in that particular , returned to my native country with great satis- faction . I have passed my latter years in this ...
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... made in those little circular au- diences . Sometimes I smoke a pipe at Child's , and while I seem attentive to nothing but the Post- man , overhear the conversation of every table in the room . I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's ...
... made in those little circular au- diences . Sometimes I smoke a pipe at Child's , and while I seem attentive to nothing but the Post- man , overhear the conversation of every table in the room . I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's ...
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... qui me roule dans l'esprit , je suis résolu de le mettre sur le papier , et de me faire imprimer tout entier , s'il est possible , avant B * discoveries which I have made should be in pos- session BEAUTÉS DU SPECTATEUR . 11.
... qui me roule dans l'esprit , je suis résolu de le mettre sur le papier , et de me faire imprimer tout entier , s'il est possible , avant B * discoveries which I have made should be in pos- session BEAUTÉS DU SPECTATEUR . 11.
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G. Hamonière. discoveries which I have made should be in pos- session of a silent man . For this reason , therefore , I shall publish a sheet - full of thoughts every morning , for the benefit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way ...
G. Hamonière. discoveries which I have made should be in pos- session of a silent man . For this reason , therefore , I shall publish a sheet - full of thoughts every morning , for the benefit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way ...
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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.