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... TATLER , GUARDIAN , WORLD , RAMBLER , IDLER , ADVENTURER , MIRROR , COMPRISING THE GOLDSMITH'S ESSAYS , CITIZEN OF THE WORLD , LOUNGER , CONNOISSIEUR , OBSERVER , SHENSTONE'S ESSAYS , KNOX'S ESSAYS , BACON'S ESSAYS , & c . The whole ...
... TATLER , GUARDIAN , WORLD , RAMBLER , IDLER , ADVENTURER , MIRROR , COMPRISING THE GOLDSMITH'S ESSAYS , CITIZEN OF THE WORLD , LOUNGER , CONNOISSIEUR , OBSERVER , SHENSTONE'S ESSAYS , KNOX'S ESSAYS , BACON'S ESSAYS , & c . The whole ...
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... Tatler " and " Spectator , " if the If Steele desired to write in secret , he was not lucky ; a single month detected him . His first Tatler was published April 22 , ( 1709 ) and Ad- dison's contribution appeared May 26. Tickell ...
... Tatler " and " Spectator , " if the If Steele desired to write in secret , he was not lucky ; a single month detected him . His first Tatler was published April 22 , ( 1709 ) and Ad- dison's contribution appeared May 26. Tickell ...
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... Tatler " and " Spectator " adjusted , like Casa , the unsettled practice of daily intercourse by propriety and politeness ; and , like La Bruy- ere , exhibited the Characters and Manners of the Age . The personages introduced in these ...
... Tatler " and " Spectator " adjusted , like Casa , the unsettled practice of daily intercourse by propriety and politeness ; and , like La Bruy- ere , exhibited the Characters and Manners of the Age . The personages introduced in these ...
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... Tatler , " ed . 1786 , vol . vi . p . 452.-N. The danger was soon over . The whole na- tion was at that time on fire with faction . The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned , as a satire on the tories ; and the ...
... Tatler , " ed . 1786 , vol . vi . p . 452.-N. The danger was soon over . The whole na- tion was at that time on fire with faction . The whigs applauded every line in which liberty was mentioned , as a satire on the tories ; and the ...
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... Tatler " to be " one of the noblest thoughts that ever entered into the heart of man , " and is therefore worthy of attentive consideration . Let it be first in- quired whether it be a simile . A poetical simile is the discovery of ...
... Tatler " to be " one of the noblest thoughts that ever entered into the heart of man , " and is therefore worthy of attentive consideration . Let it be first in- quired whether it be a simile . A poetical simile is the discovery of ...
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