The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... into several couplets , very proper to close up acts of plays , and may be easily introduced by two or three lines of prose , either in tragedy or comedy . If I could find a purchaser curious in Latin poetry , I 2 106 . TATLER .
... into several couplets , very proper to close up acts of plays , and may be easily introduced by two or three lines of prose , either in tragedy or comedy . If I could find a purchaser curious in Latin poetry , I 2 106 . TATLER .
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... proper instance of a widow's constancy , and said , " He wished I had subjoined , as a foil to it , the follow- ing passage in Hamlet . " The young prince was not yet acquainted with all the guilt of his mother , but turns his thoughts ...
... proper instance of a widow's constancy , and said , " He wished I had subjoined , as a foil to it , the follow- ing passage in Hamlet . " The young prince was not yet acquainted with all the guilt of his mother , but turns his thoughts ...
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... proper forms and orders in as- semblies , have upon some tempers . I am sure I feel it in so extraordinary a manner , that I cannot in a day or two get out of my imagination any very beautiful or disagreeable impression which I re ...
... proper forms and orders in as- semblies , have upon some tempers . I am sure I feel it in so extraordinary a manner , that I cannot in a day or two get out of my imagination any very beautiful or disagreeable impression which I re ...
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... proper dignity . As man is a creature made of different extremes , he has something in him very great and very mean . A skilful artist may draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have ...
... proper dignity . As man is a creature made of different extremes , he has something in him very great and very mean . A skilful artist may draw an excellent picture of him in either of these views . The finest authors of antiquity have ...
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... proper ar- ticles of credit on her side , she was in arrear but five hundred . She ordered her husband to buy in a couple of fresh coach - horses ; and with no other loss than the death of two footmen , and a church- yard cough ...
... proper ar- ticles of credit on her side , she was in arrear but five hundred . She ordered her husband to buy in a couple of fresh coach - horses ; and with no other loss than the death of two footmen , and a church- yard cough ...
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