Selections from the Tatler, the Spectator and Their SuccessorsWalter James Graham Nelson, 1928 - 422 pages Collection of essays includes selected complete numbers of the Tatler and the Spectator, along with single essays from later publications. Known or "reasonably conjectured" authorship indicated. Several of the selected works are by Addison or Steele. |
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Page 198
... hand , And said , Earl Douglas for thy life Would I had lost my land . O Christ ! My very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take . That beautiful line , Taking the dead man ...
... hand , And said , Earl Douglas for thy life Would I had lost my land . O Christ ! My very heart doth bleed With sorrow for thy sake ; For sure a more renowned knight Mischance did never take . That beautiful line , Taking the dead man ...
Page 312
... hand . He left the estate with ten thousand pounds debt upon it , but , however , by all hands I have been informed that he was every way the finest gentleman in the world . That debt lay heavy on our house for one generation , but it ...
... hand . He left the estate with ten thousand pounds debt upon it , but , however , by all hands I have been informed that he was every way the finest gentleman in the world . That debt lay heavy on our house for one generation , but it ...
Page 409
... hand " was a flowing style of hand - writing . At the battle of Almanza , the English and their allies were defeated by the French and Spaniards ( April 25 , 1707 ) . " Plucking of a merry - thought " - -a wishbone . " Vapors ...
... hand " was a flowing style of hand - writing . At the battle of Almanza , the English and their allies were defeated by the French and Spaniards ( April 25 , 1707 ) . " Plucking of a merry - thought " - -a wishbone . " Vapors ...
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