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 178
... pleasure : and such a pleasure it is which one meets with in the representation of a well- written tragedy . Diversions of this kind wear out of our thoughts every thing that is mean and little . They cherish and cultivate that humanity ...
... pleasure : and such a pleasure it is which one meets with in the representation of a well- written tragedy . Diversions of this kind wear out of our thoughts every thing that is mean and little . They cherish and cultivate that humanity ...
Page 219
... pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life . That man is happy who can believe of his ... pleasures are mean and in- ordinate , his language base and filthy , his behaviour rough and absurd . Is this ...
... pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life . That man is happy who can believe of his ... pleasures are mean and in- ordinate , his language base and filthy , his behaviour rough and absurd . Is this ...
Page 284
... pleasure . When the affection is well placed , and supported by the considerations of duty , honour , and friendship , which are in the highest degree engaged in this alliance , there can nothing rise in the common course of life , or ...
... pleasure . When the affection is well placed , and supported by the considerations of duty , honour , and friendship , which are in the highest degree engaged in this alliance , there can nothing rise in the common course of life , or ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS | 5 |
CoffeeHouse | 9 |
Steele and Addison | 12 |
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