The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1860 - 297 strani |
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Stran 35
... gently to my mouth . I am to become acquainted with men who must have so much learning and experience , his colloquist describes the Struldbrugs to him . He said , " They commonly acted like mortals , till about thirty years old , after ...
... gently to my mouth . I am to become acquainted with men who must have so much learning and experience , his colloquist describes the Struldbrugs to him . He said , " They commonly acted like mortals , till about thirty years old , after ...
Stran 51
... gentle- men from the University got such a prodigious number of places ? A lad composed a neat copy of verses at Christ- church or Trinity , in which the death of a great personage was bemoaned , the French king assailed , the Dutch or ...
... gentle- men from the University got such a prodigious number of places ? A lad composed a neat copy of verses at Christ- church or Trinity , in which the death of a great personage was bemoaned , the French king assailed , the Dutch or ...
Stran 83
... gentle satirist , who hit no unfair blow ; the kind judge who castigated only in smil- ing . While Swift went about , hanging and ruthless - a literary Jeffries - in Addison's kind court only minor cases were tried only peccadilloes and ...
... gentle satirist , who hit no unfair blow ; the kind judge who castigated only in smil- ing . While Swift went about , hanging and ruthless - a literary Jeffries - in Addison's kind court only minor cases were tried only peccadilloes and ...
Stran 89
... gentle- man and game - preserver - of what worth were he to us ? We love him for his vanities as much as his virtues . What is ridiculous is delightful in him : we are so fond of him because we laugh at him so . And out of that laughter ...
... gentle- man and game - preserver - of what worth were he to us ? We love him for his vanities as much as his virtues . What is ridiculous is delightful in him : we are so fond of him because we laugh at him so . And out of that laughter ...
Stran 101
... gentle- men conducting the " British Apollo " are posed by this casuist , and promise to give him an answer . Celinda then wishes to know from " the gentlemen " concerning the souls of the dead , whether they shall have the satisfaction ...
... gentle- men conducting the " British Apollo " are posed by this casuist , and promise to give him an answer . Celinda then wishes to know from " the gentlemen " concerning the souls of the dead , whether they shall have the satisfaction ...
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acquaintance Addison admire asked beautiful Bolingbroke called Captain character charming Congreve court daughter Dean dear death delightful Dick Steele dinner Dublin Duke Dunciad Earl England English eyes face famous fancy father fond fortune genius gentle gentleman give Goldsmith hand happy heart Hogarth honest honour humour humourist Iliad Johnson Joseph Addison kind lady laugh Lawrence Sterne letters literary lived London look Lord Lord Bolingbroke Lord Treasurer manner married MATTHEW PRIOR nature never Nicholas Nickleby night noble North Briton periwig person pity pleasure poem poet poor Pope Pope's pretty satire says sing Sir William Temple smile speak Spence's Anecdotes Stella Sterne Struldbrugs sweet Swift Tatler tell tender thee thou thought told Tom Jones truth verses Vicar of Wakefield whilst wife William Congreve woman writing wrote young