The school of action; a comedyJohn Nichols and son, 1809 - 696 pages |
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... talk of will accomplish gentlemen and ladies , I own to you , hard has been our fate , in having suffered pains and penalties ( fit only for malefactors ) in great Schools , and been immured in College the best years of life , to ...
... talk of will accomplish gentlemen and ladies , I own to you , hard has been our fate , in having suffered pains and penalties ( fit only for malefactors ) in great Schools , and been immured in College the best years of life , to ...
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... talk well . I know when you are unreservedly familiar you talk very well , as you did t'other night concern- ing the principles of motion and rest . Suppose , as you are resolved to talk , you would resolve also to move , and practise a ...
... talk well . I know when you are unreservedly familiar you talk very well , as you did t'other night concern- ing the principles of motion and rest . Suppose , as you are resolved to talk , you would resolve also to move , and practise a ...
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... talking ; let us to action . My business is , to review my forces , and not neglect my main plot ; but consider my play house and my mistress at the same time ; and , while I am preparing the one , make love to the other . other ...
... talking ; let us to action . My business is , to review my forces , and not neglect my main plot ; but consider my play house and my mistress at the same time ; and , while I am preparing the one , make love to the other . other ...
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... talk of , is in town , and lay in this house last night . Umbrage . That has been the conversation of the green - room . But what do you design in all this you are going to let me into ? Severn . I would be well with that young lady ...
... talk of , is in town , and lay in this house last night . Umbrage . That has been the conversation of the green - room . But what do you design in all this you are going to let me into ? Severn . I would be well with that young lady ...
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... talk of him as they please . I do not regard what the world says , but what it should say . Humber . It is very odd , that we have never happy moments but at midnight , so different are our tem- pers ; and we are made to keep together ...
... talk of him as they please . I do not regard what the world says , but what it should say . Humber . It is very odd , that we have never happy moments but at midnight , so different are our tem- pers ; and we are made to keep together ...
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Addison affectionate husband Altimor Barber beauty Bellario Berry-street Buskin character chearful Constable Court daughter DEAR PRUE DEAR WIFE desire dine Dotterell Duke Earl Enter Eunesia eyes faithful husband father favour fear Fennell fortune gentleman give happiness hear heart Heaven honour hope Humber humble servant humour inclose ISAAC BICKERSTAFF JUNE 14 justice King lady letter live lord Cutts Lord Halifax Lord Wharton Lordship Madam mankind Martian mind Miss Dolly morning never night o'clock obedient husband obliged husband Oramont person PHILOMONT Pincers pleasure POPE Pray prefixed Prince RICH RICHARD STEELE SCURLOCK SEPT Severn shew Sir Harry Sir Richard SIR RICHARD STEELE Sir Rowland Gwynn soul speak Spectator Spider Steele's Swift Tatler tell tender thee thing thou thought tion to-morrow town Umbrage virtue wait write
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Page 251 - Hark, they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away ! " What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my...
Page 106 - I beg pardon that my paper is not finer, but I am forced to write from a coffee-house, where I am attending about business. There is a dirty crowd of busy faces all around me, talking of money ; while all my ambition, all my wealth, is love...
Page 107 - MADAM, — It is the hardest thing in the world to be in love, and yet attend business. As for me, all who speak to me find me out, and I must lock myself up, or other people will do it for me. " A gentleman asked me this morning, ' What news from Lisbon ? ' and I answered,
Page 237 - You formerly observed to me, that nothing made a more ridiculous figure in a man's life than the disparity we often find in him sick and well. Thus one of an unfortunate constitution is perpetually exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of his mind, or of his body, in their turns.
Page 192 - The general Purpose of this Paper, is to expose the false Arts of Life, to pull off the Disguises of Cunning, Vanity, and Affectation, and to recommend a general Simplicity in our Dress, our Discourse, and our Behaviour.
Page 243 - Alas, my soul! thou pleasing companion of this body, thou fleeting thing that art now deserting it ! whither art thou flying? to what unknown Scene? all trembling, fearful, and pensive. Now what is become of thy former wit and humour ? thou shalt jest and be gay no more.
Page 156 - quia tanti quantum habeas sis' : quid facias illi? iubeas miserum esse, libenter quatenus id facit: ut quidam memoratur Athenis sordidus ac dives, populi contemnere voces 65 sic solitus : 'populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca.
Page 230 - ... through secret and gloomy paths of his own; but in the possession of a man of business, it is as a torch in the hand of one who is willing and able to show those who are bewildered, the way which leads to their prosperity and welfare.
Page 233 - Sedley has that prevailing gentle art, That can with a resistless charm impart The loosest wishes to the chastest heart : Raise such a conflict, kindle such a fire, Between declining virtue and desire, Till the poor vanquish'd maid dissolves away In dreams all night, in sighs and tears all day*.
Page 226 - It is in vain that you have endeavoured to conceal your share of merit in the many national services which you have effected. Do what you will, the present age will be talking of your virtues, though posterity alone will do them justice.