Tatler
Cited as Tatler. — 35 quotations
Affable
A serene and affable countenance.
Apparel
At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity.
Apparition
Which apparition, it seems, was you.
Arch
[He] spoke his request with so arch a leer.
Audacity
The freedom and audacity necessary in the commerce of men.
Bestow
I could have bestowed her upon a fine gentleman.
Bodily
You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us.
Bridle
By her bridling up I perceived she expected to be treated hereafter not as Jenny Distaff, but Mrs. Tranquillus.
Broad-brimmed
A broad-brimmed flat silver plate.
Bully
For the last fortnight there have been prodigious shoals of volunteers gone over to bully the French, upon hearing the peace was just signing.
Buxom
A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long.
Conserve
I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.
Debate
He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends.
Die
The young men acknowledged, in love letters, that they died for Rebecca.
Disposal
A domestic affair of great importance, which is no less than the disposal of my sister Jenny for life.
Dispose
I have disposed of her to a man of business.
Dissemble
He soon dissembled a sleep.
dissimulation
Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is.
Distraction
The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart.
Incitation
The noblest incitation to honest attempts.
Incognito
The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito.
Ineptitude
That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars.
Lisp
I overheard her answer, with a very pretty lisp, “O! Strephon, you are a dangerous creature.”
Lucubration
Thy lucubrations have been perused by several of our friends.
There is a mail come in to-day, with letters dated Hague.
Materialize
Having with wonderful art and beauty materialized, if I may so call it, a scheme of abstracted notions, and clothed the most nice, refined conceptions of philosophy in sensible images.
Narrative
Cyntio was much taken with my narrative.
pet
The love of cronies, pets, and favorites.
Sap
Both assaults are carried on by sapping.
Spruce
He is so spruce that he can never be genteel.
Squib
The squibs are those who in the common phrase of the world are called libelers, lampooners, and pamphleteers.
Swoon
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
Thump
The watchman gave so great a thump at my door, that I awaked at the knock.
With
There is no living with thee nor without thee.
Without
There is no living with thee nor without thee.