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In the pulpit, though his low stature, which very little exceeded five feet, graced him with no advantages of appearance, yet the gravity and propriety of his utterance made his discourses very efficacious. I once mentioned the reputation which Mr. Foster had gained by his proper delivery, to my friend Dr. Hawkesworth, who told me that in the art of pronunciation he was far inferior to Dr. Watts.
Nevertheless, they seemed to have no wish for acquiring more than they possessed; nor did any thing that was offered them by the English appear acceptable but beads, as an ornamental superfluity of life. A conclusion is hence drawn by Dr. Hawkesworth, that these people may be upon a level with ourselves, in respect to the happiness they enjoy.
It was half-past nine in the evening, and the wedding over Mr. and Mrs. Hawkesworth gone, and the guests departed, the drawing-room had returned to its usual state.
We have not met of late, but I hope he deserves this character still." The present text is based upon the first edition; but this edition was so wretchedly printed that I have carefully collated it with those given in the "Miscellanies" , Faulkner , and Hawkesworth .
HAWKESWORTH, in the second paper of the "Adventurer," has drawn, from his own feelings, an eloquent comparative estimate of intellectual with corporeal labour; it may console the humble mechanic; and Plato, in his work on "Laws," seems to have been aware of this analogy, for he consecrates all working men or artisans to Vulcan and Minerva, because both those deities alike are hard labourers.
Hawkesworth, 'especially when Lily may help us to decide. 'On his going or staying? exclaimed Lily, eagerly looking to Mr. Hawkesworth, who was evidently more disposed to speak than his wife. 'Not on his going or staying I am sorry to say that point was settled long ago but where we shall leave him. Lily's heart beat high, but she did not speak. 'The truth is, proceeded Mr.
'Going on? said Marianne, 'Alethea is speaking to Mrs. Hawkesworth. 'Nonsense, I know better, Marianne. I have a suspicion that I could tell what the Captain was about yesterday when he walked off after dinner. 'How very wise you think you look, Reginald! said Marianne, laughing heartily. 'But tell us; do tell us, Marianne, said Phyllis. 'Tell you whet?
Francis Hawkesworth, rather to the surprise of Lady Emily, who wondered that he had been able to discover the real worth veiled beneath a formal and retiring manner, and to admire features which, though regular, had a want of light and animation, which diminished their beauty even more than the thinness and compression of the lips, and the very pale gray of the eyes.
He observed, that he found himself unable to behave with the same ease in his finery, as when dressed in his plain clothes. In the winter of this year, he established a weekly club, at the King's Head, in Ivy Lane, near St. Paul's, of which the other members were Dr. Salter, a Cambridge divine; Hawkesworth; Mr. Ryland, a merchant; Mr. John Payne, the bookseller; Mr.
"Is this your care of the nest?" cried he, "It comes of your gadding abroad," said she. To the consternation of the disconsolate damsels, the first news they heard the next morning was that Mr. Mohun was gone to breakfast at Broomhill, and the intelligence was received by Frank Hawkesworth with a smile which they thought perfectly malicious.
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