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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:62 CHAPTER IV. Steele-The Funeral-The Tatler-Contributions of Swift -Of Addison-Expansive Dresses - "Bodily Wit" - Bustic Obtuseness-Crosses in Love-Snuff-taking. ANEW description of periodical was published in 1709, and met with deserved success. It was little more or less than the first lady's newspaper, consisting of a small half sheet printed on both sides, and sold three times a week. The price was a penny, and the form was so unpretentious that depre- cators spoke of its " tobacco-paper" and "scurvy letter." Like Defoe's review, it was strong in Foreign War intelligence, but beyond this the aim was to attract readers, not by political sarcasm or coarse jesting, but by sparkling satire on the foibles of the fashionable world. Addison says that the design was to bring philosophy to tea-tables, and to check improprieties " too trivial for the chastisement of the law, and too fantastical for the cognizance of the pulpit," and that these papers had a " perceptible influence upon the conversation ofSteele. 63 the time, and taught the frolic and gay to unite merriment with decency." Johnson says that previously, with the exception of the writers for the theatre, " England had no masters of common life," and considers the Italian and the French to have introduced this kind of literature. From its social character, this publication gives us a great amount of interesting information as to the manners and customs of the time, and the name " Tatler " was selected " in honour of the fair." The originator of this enterprise, Richard Steele, was English on his father's side, Irish on his mother's. He was educated at Charterhouse, and followed much the same course as his countryman, Farquhar. He tells us gaily, " At fifteen I was sent to Books History~~Europe~~General History-of-English-humour~~Alfred-Guy-Kingan-LEstrange General Books LLC This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: Hurst and Blackett in 1878 in 370 pages; Subjects: English wit and humor; Wit and humor; Humor / General; Humor / Form / Jokes & Riddles; Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor / General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Humor / Jokes & Riddles; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;<

ISBN: 9780217224741

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:62 CHAPTER IV. Steele-The Funeral-The Tatler-Contributions of Swift -Of Addison-Expansive Dresses - "Bodily Wit" - Bustic Obtuseness-Crosses in Love-Snuff-taking. ANEW description of periodical was published in 1709, and met with deserved success. It was Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:62 CHAPTER IV. Steele-The Funeral-The Tatler-Contributions of Swift -Of Addison-Expansive Dresses - "Bodily Wit" - Bustic Obtuseness-Crosses in Love-Snuff-taking. ANEW description of periodical was published in 1709, and met with deserved success. It was little more or less than the first lady's newspaper, consisting of a small half sheet printed on both sides, and sold three times a week. The price was a penny, and the form was so unpretentious that depre- cators spoke of its " tobacco-paper" and "scurvy letter." Like Defoe's review, it was strong in Foreign War intelligence, but beyond this the aim was to attract readers, not by political sarcasm or coarse jesting, but by sparkling satire on the foibles of the fashionable world. Addison says that the design was to bring philosophy to tea-tables, and to check improprieties " too trivial for the chastisement of the law, and too fantastical for the cognizance of the pulpit," and that these papers had a " perceptible influence upon the conversation ofSteele. 63 the time, and taught the frolic and gay to unite merriment with decency." Johnson says that previously, with the exception of the writers for the theatre, " England had no masters of common life," and considers the Italian and the French to have introduced this kind of literature. From its social character, this publication gives us a great amount of interesting information as to the manners and customs of the time, and the name " Tatler " was selected " in honour of the fair." The originator of this enterprise, Richard Steele, was English on his father's side, Irish on his mother's. He was educated at Charterhouse, and followed much the same course as his countryman, Farquhar. He tells us gaily, " At fifteen I was sent to Books, History~~Europe~~General, History-of-English-humour~~Alfred-Guy-Kingan-LEstrange, 999999999, History Of English Humour With An Introduction Upon Ancient Humour, Alfred Guy Kingan L'Estrange, 0217224741, General Books LLC, , , , , General Books LLC<

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1878. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 22 chapter ii. Defoe--Irony--Ode to the Pillory--The Comical Pilgrim--The Scandalous Club--Humorous Periodicals--Heraclitus Eidens--The London Spy--The British Apollo. defoe was born in 1663, and was the son of a butcher in St. Giles''. He first distotguised himself by writing in 1699 a poetical satire entitled The True Born Englishman, in honour of King William and the Dutch, and in derision of the nobility of this country, who did not much appreciate the foreign court. The poem abounded with rough and rude sarcasm. After giving an uncomplimentary description of the English, he proceeds to trace their descent--These are the heroes that despise the Dutch And rail at new-come foreigners so much, Forgetting that themselves are all derived From the most scoundrel race that ever lived; A horrid race of rambling thieves and drones Who ransacked kingdoms and dispeopled towns; The Pict and painted Briton, treacherous Scot, By hunger, theft, and rapine hither brought; Norwegian pirates, buccaneering Danes, Whose red-haired offspring everywhere remains; Who joined with Norman-French compound the breed From whence your true-born Englishmen proceed. Dutch, Walloons, Flemings, Irishmen, and Scots, Vaudois, and Valtolins and Huguenots, In good Queen Bess''s charitable reign, Supplied us with three hundred thousand men; Religion--God we thank! sent them hither, Priests, protestants, the devil, and all together. The first part concludes with a view of the low origin of some of our nobles. Innumerable city knights we know From Bluecoat hospitals and Bridewell flow, Draymen and porters fill the City chair, And footboys magisterial purple wear. Fate has but very small distinction set Betwixt the counter and the coronet. Tarpaulin lords, pages of high renown Rise up by po... Alfred Guy Kingan L'estrange, Books, History, History Of English Humour (volume 2) Books>History, General Books LLC<

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