The British Essayists: The MirrorLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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الصفحة vii
... Desire of Figure - making .. 201 207 212 ....... 93. Character of a Self - important Trifler ; in a Letter from Miss C. F ...... 94. Effects of the Representation of certain Characters in The Mirror - Letter from a Gentleman in London ...
... Desire of Figure - making .. 201 207 212 ....... 93. Character of a Self - important Trifler ; in a Letter from Miss C. F ...... 94. Effects of the Representation of certain Characters in The Mirror - Letter from a Gentleman in London ...
الصفحة 22
... desire of fame , even the pur- suits of study , may sink before him ; and , to such a man , the ordinary recreations of the world must ap- pear too small to engage his attention . But , ' t were to consider too curiously to consider so ...
... desire of fame , even the pur- suits of study , may sink before him ; and , to such a man , the ordinary recreations of the world must ap- pear too small to engage his attention . But , ' t were to consider too curiously to consider so ...
الصفحة 42
... desire this honour ; which , however , I purchased at the price of a good deal of embarrassment and uneasiness . Nothing , indeed , but the high honour conferred by such society could compensate for the feelings even of that minute , in ...
... desire this honour ; which , however , I purchased at the price of a good deal of embarrassment and uneasiness . Nothing , indeed , but the high honour conferred by such society could compensate for the feelings even of that minute , in ...
الصفحة 47
... desire to see me excel in every polite and fashionable ac- complishment ; and the education he gave me was proportionally elegant and expensive . " Soon after I had entered my twentieth year , my father was seized with a violent fit of ...
... desire to see me excel in every polite and fashionable ac- complishment ; and the education he gave me was proportionally elegant and expensive . " Soon after I had entered my twentieth year , my father was seized with a violent fit of ...
الصفحة 56
... desire of victory in a smart dispute , and becomes merely a keen encounter of wits . ' The other thing to be observed is , that Rich- ard , instead of specifying her husband and father - in- law in terms denoting these relations , falls ...
... desire of victory in a smart dispute , and becomes merely a keen encounter of wits . ' The other thing to be observed is , that Rich- ard , instead of specifying her husband and father - in- law in terms denoting these relations , falls ...
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acquaintance acquired admiration Æsop affections agreeable amidst amusements Antonio appear attended awake battle of Culloden beauty called character circumstances Clare Market companions conduct conversation Daniel Higgs death dinner disposition dreams eclogue elegant Emilia endeavoured engaged entertainment equally fashion father favour FEBRUARY 22 feelings figure-making fortune frequently friends genius gentleman George Manly give happy heard honour hope humour imagination indulge JANUARY 29 learned lived lively colours look Louisa manner MARCH 11 marriage melancholy Melfort ment mind Mirror nature never nonsense verses object obliged observed occasion opinion passions perhaps persons Phædo pleasure possessed received remarkable satire of Juvenal SATURDAY scenes Scotland seemed sensible sentiments sign-post Sir Edward sister situation sleep society soon sort spect spirit taste Tatler thing thought tion town trifling TUESDAY Umphraville uneasiness virtue wife wish write XXIX