The SpectatorPutnam, 1856 |
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... pass it over in silence . I find , that during my non - age , I had the reputation of a very sullen youth , but was always a favourite of my schoolmaster , who used to say , that my parts were solid , and would wear well . I had not ...
... pass it over in silence . I find , that during my non - age , I had the reputation of a very sullen youth , but was always a favourite of my schoolmaster , who used to say , that my parts were solid , and would wear well . I had not ...
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... pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's : in short , wherever I see cherished . Up to that time all his letters were addressed to the S. James's coffee - house , and those from Mrs. Johnston ( Stella ) were enclosed ...
... pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's : in short , wherever I see cherished . Up to that time all his letters were addressed to the S. James's coffee - house , and those from Mrs. Johnston ( Stella ) were enclosed ...
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... a mere condemnation of some of the acknowledged faults of Tasso's style . V. Notes on ' Travels ' pass.-G. But to return to the sparrows ; there have been 26 [ No. 5 . SPECTATOR . Reflections in Westminster-Abbey, 149 75.
... a mere condemnation of some of the acknowledged faults of Tasso's style . V. Notes on ' Travels ' pass.-G. But to return to the sparrows ; there have been 26 [ No. 5 . SPECTATOR . Reflections in Westminster-Abbey, 149 75.
Сторінка 51
... pass away an evening in this manner , than in gaming and drinking : but at the same time says , with a very agreeable raillery upon himself , that if his name should be known , the ill - natured world might call him , the ass in the ...
... pass away an evening in this manner , than in gaming and drinking : but at the same time says , with a very agreeable raillery upon himself , that if his name should be known , the ill - natured world might call him , the ass in the ...
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... pass over a single foe to charge whole armies . It is not Lais or Silenus , but the harlot and the drunkard , whom I shall endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it appears in a species , not as it is circum- stanced in ...
... pass over a single foe to charge whole armies . It is not Lais or Silenus , but the harlot and the drunkard , whom I shall endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it appears in a species , not as it is circum- stanced in ...
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Сторінка 82 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Сторінка 12 - 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.
Сторінка 222 - The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Сторінка 290 - 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 289 - My chief companion, when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields, is a very venerable man, who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation : he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem ; so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Сторінка 6 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.
Сторінка 435 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me ; what then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him...
Сторінка 291 - Calamy, with several living authors, who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet...
Сторінка 288 - You see the goodness of the master even in the old house-dog, and in a gray pad that is kept in the stable with great care and tenderness out of regard to his past services, though he has been useless for several years.
Сторінка 7 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...