The Tatler, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 |
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Pagina ix
... thought necessary to say relating to the great hands which have been concerned in these vo- lumes , with relation to the spirit and genius of the work ; and am far from pretending to modesty in making this acknowledgment . What a man ...
... thought necessary to say relating to the great hands which have been concerned in these vo- lumes , with relation to the spirit and genius of the work ; and am far from pretending to modesty in making this acknowledgment . What a man ...
Pagina x
... thought otherwise : for wit , if a man had it , unless it be directed to some useful end , is but a wanton frivolous quality ; all that one should value himself upon in this kind is , that he had some honourable intention in it . As for ...
... thought otherwise : for wit , if a man had it , unless it be directed to some useful end , is but a wanton frivolous quality ; all that one should value himself upon in this kind is , that he had some honourable intention in it . As for ...
Pagina xvii
more especially the case in the two first volumes , where little more was thought of , than just to make the Tatler ... thoughts , that their writings might come to be applied so generally as they have long been , and are long likely to ...
more especially the case in the two first volumes , where little more was thought of , than just to make the Tatler ... thoughts , that their writings might come to be applied so generally as they have long been , and are long likely to ...
Pagina xviii
... thought it below their dignity to record . In the course of examining such of these papers as could be procured , many things occurred , not immediately relative to the subjects of the lucubrations , which had an evident tendency to ...
... thought it below their dignity to record . In the course of examining such of these papers as could be procured , many things occurred , not immediately relative to the subjects of the lucubrations , which had an evident tendency to ...
Pagina xxxi
... thought . Anger alone may be sub- divided so as to afford an infinite variety of expres- sion , from foible to crime , many examples of which are happily illustrated in these volumes by charac- teristic sketches and portraits , which ...
... thought . Anger alone may be sub- divided so as to afford an infinite variety of expres- sion , from foible to crime , many examples of which are happily illustrated in these volumes by charac- teristic sketches and portraits , which ...
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Pagina 312 - And let those that play your clowns, speak no more than is set down for them : for there be of them, that will themselves laugh, to set on some quantity of barren spectators to laugh too ; though, in the mean time, some necessary question of the play be then to be considered: that's villainous; and . shows a most pitiful ambition in the fool that uses it.
Pagina 311 - ... accent of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Pagina 311 - Suit the action to the word, the word to the action: with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature; for any thing so overdone is from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first, and now, was, and is, to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time, his form, and pressure.
Pagina 310 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus; but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may say) whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance, that may give it smoothness. O, it offends me to the soul, to hear a robustious, periwigpated fellow tear a passion to tatters, to very rags, to split the ears of the groundlings; who, for the most part, are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb shows, and noise.
Pagina xxiii - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Pagina 375 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Pagina iii - The general purpose of this Paper is to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour.
Pagina 311 - But he knew that such indiscriminate prodigality was, to use his own admirable language, "from the purpose of playing, whose end, both at the first and now, was, and is, to hold, as it were, the mirror up to Nature.
Pagina xxx - I must confess I am amazed that the press should be only made use of in this way by news-writers, and the zealots of parties; as if it were not more advantageous to mankind, to be instructed in wisdom and virtue, than in politics ; and to be made good fathers, husbands, and sons, than counsellors and statesmen.
Pagina 30 - Polly, till then obscure, became all at once the favourite of the town; her pictures were engraved, and sold in great numbers; her life written, books of letters and verses to her published, and pamphlets made even of her sayings and jests. Furthermore, it drove out of England, for that season, the Italian opera, which had carried all before it for ten years.