The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 стор. |
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Сторінка xix
... obliged to trouble the public with so much discourse upon a matter which I at first men- tioned as a trifle , viz . , the death of Mr. Partridge , under whose name there is an almanac come out for the year 1709 , in one page of which it ...
... obliged to trouble the public with so much discourse upon a matter which I at first men- tioned as a trifle , viz . , the death of Mr. Partridge , under whose name there is an almanac come out for the year 1709 , in one page of which it ...
Сторінка xxi
... obliged , most obedient , humble servant , and laid down his pen . 66 Swift wrote to " Stella " a slightly different view : Steele's last Tatler came out to - day . You will see it be- fore this comes to you , and how he takes leave of ...
... obliged , most obedient , humble servant , and laid down his pen . 66 Swift wrote to " Stella " a slightly different view : Steele's last Tatler came out to - day . You will see it be- fore this comes to you , and how he takes leave of ...
Сторінка xxxi
... obliging , that he ne'er obliged ; Like ' Cato , ' give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars every sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise : - Who but must laugh , if ...
... obliging , that he ne'er obliged ; Like ' Cato , ' give his little senate laws , And sit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars every sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise : - Who but must laugh , if ...
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... oblige all who know him . When he is in town , he lives in Soho Square . It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse , beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment ...
... oblige all who know him . When he is in town , he lives in Soho Square . It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse , beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment ...
Сторінка 13
... oblige him to ; he is therefore among di- vines what a chamber - counsellor is among lawyers . The probity of his mind and the integrity of his life create him . followers , as being eloquent or loud advances others . seldom introduces ...
... oblige him to ; he is therefore among di- vines what a chamber - counsellor is among lawyers . The probity of his mind and the integrity of his life create him . followers , as being eloquent or loud advances others . seldom introduces ...
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Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator Joseph Addison,Sir Richard Steele,Eustace Budgell Повний перегляд - 1906 |
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Сторінка xxxi - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Сторінка 53 - Psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces amen...
Сторінка 1 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Сторінка 33 - As I was walking with him last night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned? and without staying for my answer told me, that he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own table; for which reason, he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Сторінка 13 - I cannot tell whether I am to account him, whom I am next to speak of, as one of our company; for he visits us but seldom, but when he does, it adds to every man else a new enjoyment of himself. He is a clergyman, a very philosophic man, of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good breeding.
Сторінка xliv - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Сторінка 143 - Shovel ! a very gallant man.' As we stood before Busby's tomb, the knight uttered himself again after the same manner : ' Dr. Busby ! a great man ! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man...
Сторінка 8 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Сторінка 148 - Upon Pyrrhus his threatening afterwards to leave her, the knight shook his head and muttered to himself, 'Ay, do if you can.' This part dwelt so much upon my friend's imagination, that at the close of the third act, as I was thinking of something else, he whispered in my ear, 'These widows, Sir, are the most perverse creatures in the world. But pray,' says he, 'you that are a critic, is this play according to your dramatic rules, as you call them?
Сторінка 68 - The earth must be laboured before it gives its increase, and when it is forced into its several products, how many hands must they pass through before they are fit for use ! Manufactures, trade, and agriculture, naturally employ more than nineteen parts of the species in twenty...