The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 стор. |
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Сторінка xvi
... widow Partridge , when she knows it is false ; and once a term she is cited into the court to take out letters of administration . ” 1 " The most memorable consequence of Swift's frolic , " writes Sir Walter Scott , " was the ...
... widow Partridge , when she knows it is false ; and once a term she is cited into the court to take out letters of administration . ” 1 " The most memorable consequence of Swift's frolic , " writes Sir Walter Scott , " was the ...
Сторінка xxix
... widow the Countess of Warwick , to whose hand he had long aspired , looked down coldly upon him . But upon the accession of George I. , in 1714 , he again found preferment in the State , and presently was appointed for a second time ...
... widow the Countess of Warwick , to whose hand he had long aspired , looked down coldly upon him . But upon the accession of George I. , in 1714 , he again found preferment in the State , and presently was appointed for a second time ...
Сторінка xxxiv
... widow , who had an estate of some value in the Barbadoes . About this time Steele sold his commission , and , according to a malicious rumor , squandered his avail- able means in a fruitless search for the philosopher's stone . Steele's ...
... widow , who had an estate of some value in the Barbadoes . About this time Steele sold his commission , and , according to a malicious rumor , squandered his avail- able means in a fruitless search for the philosopher's stone . Steele's ...
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... widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what The tune was called " Roger a Calverley " at first and was named after a knight of the time of Richard I. To show the popularity of the tune at country ...
... widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what The tune was called " Roger a Calverley " at first and was named after a knight of the time of Richard I. To show the popularity of the tune at country ...
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... widow , he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though , his temper being naturally jovial , he at last got over it , he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards . He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the ...
... widow , he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though , his temper being naturally jovial , he at last got over it , he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards . He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the ...
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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...