The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele ..editor, 1787 |
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... fhould I defpair ? Mercy's pictur'd in her eye : If the once vouchfafe to hear , Welcome Hope , and welcome Fear . She's too good to let me die ; Why , oh , why should I despair ? ” " Being thoroughly convinced , " he fays , " of many ...
... fhould I defpair ? Mercy's pictur'd in her eye : If the once vouchfafe to hear , Welcome Hope , and welcome Fear . She's too good to let me die ; Why , oh , why should I despair ? ” " Being thoroughly convinced , " he fays , " of many ...
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... fhould difcover too much the concern of an author , in the other too little the freedom of a friend . My purpose , in this application , is only to fhew the esteem I have for you , and that I look upon my intimacy with you as one of the ...
... fhould difcover too much the concern of an author , in the other too little the freedom of a friend . My purpose , in this application , is only to fhew the esteem I have for you , and that I look upon my intimacy with you as one of the ...
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... fhould obferve upon the manners of the pleafur- able , as well as the bufy part of mankind . To make this generally read , it seemed the most proper method to form it by way of a Letter of Intelligence , confifting of such parts as ...
... fhould obferve upon the manners of the pleafur- able , as well as the bufy part of mankind . To make this generally read , it seemed the most proper method to form it by way of a Letter of Intelligence , confifting of such parts as ...
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... fhould be known to no- " body , left , inftead of liftening to the good advice of the cen- " for , the cenfured fhould endeavour , by retorting on bis frail- ties , to extenuate or justify their own . " " Although the TATLER joined an ...
... fhould be known to no- " body , left , inftead of liftening to the good advice of the cen- " for , the cenfured fhould endeavour , by retorting on bis frail- ties , to extenuate or justify their own . " " Although the TATLER joined an ...
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... though indeed , had I any pretenfions to a fame of this kind , I fhould , above all other themes , attempt a panegyric upon my Lord Cowper : for the only fure way to to a reputation for eloquence , in an age wherein 304 STEELE'S LETTERS.
... though indeed , had I any pretenfions to a fame of this kind , I fhould , above all other themes , attempt a panegyric upon my Lord Cowper : for the only fure way to to a reputation for eloquence , in an age wherein 304 STEELE'S LETTERS.
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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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Page 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?
Page 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...
Page 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,
Page 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.
Page 361 - ... unless I save him; and therefore I will not speak to him, that I may not report to his disadvantage.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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...