The British Essayists: TatlerAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 - English essays |
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Page 106
... endeavour to attempt laying this excellent representation of the passions of man in the same colours as they appear in the Sacred Writ , in any other manner , or almost any other words , than those made use of in the page itself . I am ...
... endeavour to attempt laying this excellent representation of the passions of man in the same colours as they appear in the Sacred Writ , in any other manner , or almost any other words , than those made use of in the page itself . I am ...
Page 138
... endeavour to recommend themselves by oratory , and are therefore , without controversy , the most eloquent persons in the whole British nation . I would not willingly discourage any of the arts , es- pecially that of which I am an ...
... endeavour to recommend themselves by oratory , and are therefore , without controversy , the most eloquent persons in the whole British nation . I would not willingly discourage any of the arts , es- pecially that of which I am an ...
Page 156
... endeavour to excel us who are of your com- pany are equal injuries . The great enemies there . fore to good company , and those who transgress most against the laws of equality , which is the life of it , are , the clown , the wit , and ...
... endeavour to excel us who are of your com- pany are equal injuries . The great enemies there . fore to good company , and those who transgress most against the laws of equality , which is the life of it , are , the clown , the wit , and ...
Page 169
... endeavour to make themselves pleasing to us . The little accomplishments of coming into a room with a good air , and telling , while they are with us , what we cannot hear among ourselves , usually make up the whole of a woman's man's ...
... endeavour to make themselves pleasing to us . The little accomplishments of coming into a room with a good air , and telling , while they are with us , what we cannot hear among ourselves , usually make up the whole of a woman's man's ...
Page 186
... endeavour rather to be , than appear ho- nourable . Mr. Collier , in his " Essay on Forti- tude , " has treated this subject with great wit and maguanimity . " What , " says he , 66 can be more honourable than to have courage enough to ...
... endeavour rather to be , than appear ho- nourable . Mr. Collier , in his " Essay on Forti- tude , " has treated this subject with great wit and maguanimity . " What , " says he , 66 can be more honourable than to have courage enough to ...
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