 | Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 496 pages
...observation. " Before the TATLER and SPECTATOR, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...propriety, was yet wanting, who should survey the track of daily conversation, and free it from thorns and prickles, which teaze the passer, though they do not... | |
 | 1803 - 420 pages
...of civility ; to teach when to speak, or to be silent; how to refuse or how to comply. We wanted not books to teach us our more important duties, and to...propriety, was yet wanting, who should survey the track of daily conversation, and free it from thorns and prickles, which teaze the passer, though they do not... | |
 | 1803 - 434 pages
...deviations. Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are executed, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...savageness of neglect, or the impertinence of civility; to teach when to speak, or to be silent ; how to refuse or how to comply. We wanted not books to teach... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 406 pages
...yet undertaken to reform either the savai-ene.ssof neglect, or the impertinence of civility ; to shew when to speak, or to be silent; how to refuse, or...important duties, and to settle opinions in philosophy or pojitics : but an Arbiter clegantiaium, a judge of propriety, was yet wanting, who should survey the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1809 - 382 pages
...observation. ' Before the TATLER and SPECTATOR, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...savageness of neglect, or the impertinence of civility; to showwhen to speak, or to be silent ; how to refuse, or how to comply. We had many books to teach us... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 620 pages
...observation. Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...propriety, was yet wanting, who should survey the track of daily conversation, and free it from thorns and prickles, which tease the passer, though they do not... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...observation. Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...opinions in philosophy or politics ; but an arbiter clegantiarum, a judge of propriety, vas yet wanting, who should survey the track of daily conversation,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 pages
...observation. Before the Taller and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...opinions in philosophy or politics ; but an arbiter clegantiarum, a judge of propriety, •was yet wanting, who should survey the track of daily conversation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 598 pages
...observation. Before the Taller and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...our more important duties, and to settle opinions ia philosophy or politics ; but an arbiter elegantiarum, a judge of propriety, •was yet wanting,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 pages
...observation. Before the Taller and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken...teach us our more important duties, and to settle opinion* in philosophy or politics ; but an arbiter elegantiaruni, a judge of propriety, was yet wanting,... | |
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Before the Tatler and Spectator, if the writers for the theatre are excepted, England had no masters of common life. No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect, or the impertinence of civility; to show when to speak, or to... 
