 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.  The school of action; a comedy - Side 192av Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 696 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 422 sider
...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 behavior." But Steele was not always bent upon reforming society. In the paper here quoted, as in many... | |
 | John Drinkwater - 1923 - 528 sider
...said, "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." "The Spectator" All these elements in the Tatler combined to prepare the way for the more finished... | |
 | Eleanore (Sister Mary) - 1923 - 284 sider
...purpose, "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 behavior." In explanation of his already familiar pseudonym, Isaac Bickerstaff, Steele says: "The general... | |
 | William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett - 1923 - 548 sider
...themselves, "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 behavior." Although The Tatler appealed to the public without distinction of party, it was colored... | |
 | Louis Wann - 1926 - 560 sider
...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." Its original motto, " Quicquid agunt homines — nostri est farrago libelli " (freely translated, "... | |
 | 1927 - 658 sider
...introducing the Tatler, said, "The general purpose of this paper is to expose the false arts of life, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse and our behaviour." And Steele's bosom friend Addison, who was the chief contributor to the Spectator, declared, "The great... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 sider
...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 behavior." But with this attention to the utile Steele wisely heeded the appetite for the duke, for... | |
 | 1875 - 398 sider
...the general purpose of this paper is to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour." Addison detected his friend in the sixth paper, through an allusion to a classical criticism they had... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 776 sider
...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.' 61 While it also included news coverage and a miscellany of essays, letters and information, social... | |
 | Roy Porter - 2000 - 772 sider
...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.'61 While it also included news coverage and a miscellany of essays, letters and information,... | |
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