The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele ..editor, 1787 |
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... house - school by the direction of the Duke of Ormond abovementioned , who was one of the governors of that hospital , and who probably , if he had lived long enough , might have been very serviceable to the fon of his fecretary ; who ...
... house - school by the direction of the Duke of Ormond abovementioned , who was one of the governors of that hospital , and who probably , if he had lived long enough , might have been very serviceable to the fon of his fecretary ; who ...
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... House of Ormond . Thus your Grace entered into the bufinefs of the world with so great an expectation , that it seemed impoffible there could be any thing left , which might ftill conduce to the honour of your name . But the moft ...
... House of Ormond . Thus your Grace entered into the bufinefs of the world with so great an expectation , that it seemed impoffible there could be any thing left , which might ftill conduce to the honour of your name . But the moft ...
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... House of Lords . Mr. Philips dined with me yesterday ; he is still a fhepherd , and walks very lonely through this unthinking crowd in London . I wonder you do not write sometimes to me . The town is in great expectation from Bick ...
... House of Lords . Mr. Philips dined with me yesterday ; he is still a fhepherd , and walks very lonely through this unthinking crowd in London . I wonder you do not write sometimes to me . The town is in great expectation from Bick ...
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... House of Lords as many years as you were afcending to it . It is our com- mon good , that your admirable eloquence can now no longer be employed , but in the expref- fion of your own sentiments and judgement . The fkilful pleader is now ...
... House of Lords as many years as you were afcending to it . It is our com- mon good , that your admirable eloquence can now no longer be employed , but in the expref- fion of your own sentiments and judgement . The fkilful pleader is now ...
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... house adjoining to the fide of the palace , which he called by this name . Not long after the date of this letter , being embarraffed by his vanity of profufion , or bis imprudence of generofity , he bor- rowed 1000l . of Addifon on ...
... house adjoining to the fide of the palace , which he called by this name . Not long after the date of this letter , being embarraffed by his vanity of profufion , or bis imprudence of generofity , he bor- rowed 1000l . of Addifon on ...
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Common terms and phrases
acceffion Addiſon addrefs affure againſt alſo anſwer beſt bleffed buſineſs cafe cauſe character circumftance Commiffioner confideration conftitution converfation defign defire Deputy Lieutenants Duke Duke of Marlborough Earl efteem expreffed faid fame fatire favour fecond fenfe fent ferved fervice feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fpirit friendſhip fubject fuch fure give Grace greateſt happineſs higheſt himſelf honeft honour Houfe Houſe humble fervant intereft itſelf juft juftice King laft laſt leaſt LETTER LETTER liberty Lord Lord Cutts Lord Halifax Lordship Majefty Majefty's mankind Marlborough moft moſt humble moſt obedient muft muſt myſelf obferved obliged occafion paffed perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure POPE prefent Prefixed publiſhed purpoſe racters raiſed reaſon refpect reft reprefented Samuel Garth ſay ſee ſhall ſhe Sir Richard Steele ſpeak Spectator Steele's Swift Tatler thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion uſe virtue whofe writings yourſelf
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Էջ 343 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Էջ 333 - My youth has dealt more fairly and openly with me ; it has afforded several prospects of my danger, and given me an advantage not very common to young men, that the attractions of the world have not dazzled me very much, and I begin where most people end...
Էջ 342 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh, quit this mortal frame ! Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying : Oh, the pain, the bliss of dying ! Cease, fond nature ! cease thy strife, And let me languish into life ! Hark, they whisper ; angels say,
Էջ 333 - Sickness is a sort of early old age; it teaches us a diffidence in our earthly state, and inspires us with the thoughts of a future, better than a thousand volumes of philosophers and divines. It gives so warning a concussion to those props of our vanity, our strength and youth, that we think of fortifying ourselves within, when there is so little dependence upon our out-works.
Էջ 361 - ... unless I save him; and therefore I will not speak to him, that I may not report to his disadvantage.
Էջ 484 - I have only one gentleman, < who will be nameless,' to thank for any frequent assistance to me ; which, indeed, It would have been barbarous in him to have denied to one with whom he has lived in an intimacy from childhood, considering the great ease with which he is able to dispatch the most entertaining pieces of this nature.
Էջ 297 - ... conversant. The images which you will meet with here, will be very faint, after the perusal of the Greeks and Romans, who are your ordinary companions. I must confess I am obliged to you for the taste of many of their...
Էջ 461 - ... William, it being the 4th November, as to drink his friend Addison up to conversation pitch, whose phlegmatic constitution was hardly warmed for society by that time. Steele was not fit for it. Two remarkable circumstances happened. John Sly, the hatter of facetious memory, was in the house; and...
Էջ 332 - 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, and of his body, in their turns. I have had frequent opportunities of late to consider myself in these different views, and, I hope, have...
Էջ 343 - I. Vital fpark of heav'nly fl.ame ! Quit, oh quit this mortal frame; Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying, Oh the pain, the blifs of dying ! Ceafe, fond Nature, ceafe thy ftrife, And let me languifh into life. II. Hark ! they whifper ; Angels fay, Sifter Spirit, come away...