… by gallantry and intrigue. During the publication of the Tatler , Sir Richard Steel thought proper to date all his love-news from that quarter: but it would now be as absurd to pretend to gather any such intelligence from White's ; as to … which is not capable of producing a bet. Many pounds have been lost upon the colour of a coach-horse, an article in the news, or the change of the weather. The birth of a child has brought great advantages to perfons not in the least related … … Conversation … Taken from The Connoisseur , n° 15 (May 9, 1754). Transcribed by Alain Kerhervé. Full text from Burney Newspaper Collection. … The Connoisseur 15 (1754) …
… nay, if we come into a more contracted Assembly of Men and Women, the Talk generally runs upon the Weather, Fashions, News, and the like publick Topicks. In Proportion as Conversation gets into Clubs and Knots of Friends, it descends into …
… we were at dinner, very wet. We talked till twelve o'clock. He had sate up all the night before, writing essays for the newspaper.... Exceedingly delighted with the second part of Christabel . Sunday Morning, 5th October. —Coleridge read …
… The Historical Journal (n° 43, vol. 3, 2000), p. 669-697, here p. 684. Boscawen’s dinner parties served to gather news and promote her husband’s career by means of diligent networking. Her sociable duties would have included close …
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… and rheums, and phthisic, and catarrh. That theme exhausted, a wide chasm ensues, Fill'd up at last with interesting news, Who danc'd with whom, and who are like to wed, And who is hang'd, and who is brought to bed: But fear to call a …
… upon a scheme well laid, a battle gained, success in love, a consciousness of one’s own worth, beauty, wit, agreeable news, truth discovered ’ was clearly the portraitist’s job. 4 4 . Jonathan Richardson, The Works of Jonathan Richardson, …
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… first few years on the road, he visited Bath, Birmingham, Chester, and Shrewsbury, announcing his arrival in advance in newspaper advertisements and having subscriptions collected by a bookseller or publican. If customers appeared, he would …
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