Side-walk StudiesChatto & Windus, 1902 - 294 من الصفحات |
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Addison admirable Amelia Angler Anne artist beautiful Betty Bishop Bishop's Walk Bolt Court Boswell Bradshaigh Buckingham House Burney Caroline of Ansbach Cats Cats's character Charles Charlotte Chesterfield Chiswick Cholmondeley Church Cibber Clive Club Corbould Covent Garden Covent-Garden Journal Craven Cottage Cuper's Garden Delany Delany's Devil Donne Dorvigny Drury Lane Theatre Dublin Duchess Duke Earl edition Essay Essex famous favourite Fielding Fielding's Francis François Fulham Garrick George Goldsmith Gough Square Granville Hammersmith Henry Hervey History Hogarth's House Hudibras illustrated Ivy Lane James's Park John Johnson JOHNSON'S HAUNTS Lady Mary Letters London Lord Lucian Magazine Mall Margaret Margaret Woffington Marriage à-la-Mode Miss Mlle Montaigne Ombres Chinoises paper Pendarves play Princess printed Queen quotation Ranelagh Richard Rosamond's Pond Sarah Fielding's says Séraphin Sir Roger Spectator Steele Steele's Street Swift Tatler Tavern Thomas Vicar Walk in St Walpole Walton William William Hogarth Woffington wrote
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الصفحة 187 - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read. And Homer will be all the books you need.
الصفحة 232 - Instead of the brave rough English admiral, which was the distinguishing character of that plain gallant man, he is represented on his tomb by the figure of a beau, dressed in a long periwig, and reposing himself upon velvet cushions under a canopy of state.
الصفحة 161 - In strains more exalted the salt-box shall join, And clattering and battering and clapping combine ; With a rap and a tap, while the hollow side sounds. Up and down leaps the flap, and with rattling rebounds '." . I mentioned the periodical paper called
الصفحة 246 - I asked you the question once before : it breathes the very spirit of innocence, purity, and simplicity of heart. There are many choice old verses interspersed in it. It would sweeten a man's temper at any time to read it; it would Christianise every discordant angry passion. Pray make yourself acquainted with it.
الصفحة 172 - The master of the house is anxious to entertain his guests ; the guests are anxious to be agreeable to him : and no man but a very impudent dog indeed can as freely command what is in another man's house as if it were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome : and the more noise you make, the more trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are.
الصفحة 40 - Johnson said he thought he had already done his part as a writer. "I should have thought so too, (said the King,) if you had not written so well.
الصفحة 199 - d afar both discretion and fear ! Forgetting or scorning the airs of the crowd, He may cease to be formal, and I to be proud, Till lost in the joy, we confess that we live, And he may be rude, and yet I may forgive.
الصفحة 255 - Was this the face that launch'da thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
الصفحة 169 - I might hear the truth from himself. It, perhaps, was not quite fair to endeavour to bring him to a confession, as he might not wish to avow positively his taking part against the Court. He smiled and hesitated. The General at once relieved him, by this beautiful image: 'Monsieur Goldsmith est comme la mer, qui jette des perles et beaucoup d'autres belles choses, sans s'en appercevoir.
الصفحة 212 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.