The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 7 |
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... Sir R. de Coverley's Country Seat - the Knight's domestic Establishment ..... 107. His Conduct to his Servants ........ 108. Character of Will Wimble 109. Sir Roger's Ancestors STEELE ADDISON STEELE 110. On Ghosts and Apparitions .. 111 ...
... Sir R. de Coverley's Country Seat - the Knight's domestic Establishment ..... 107. His Conduct to his Servants ........ 108. Character of Will Wimble 109. Sir Roger's Ancestors STEELE ADDISON STEELE 110. On Ghosts and Apparitions .. 111 ...
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... Sir Roger to the Country Assizes 123. Education of Country Squires - Story of Eudoxus and Leontine .......... .... 124. Use and Difficulties of Periodical Papers 125. Mischiefs of Party Spirit 126. The Subject continued - Sir Roger's ...
... Sir Roger to the Country Assizes 123. Education of Country Squires - Story of Eudoxus and Leontine .......... .... 124. Use and Difficulties of Periodical Papers 125. Mischiefs of Party Spirit 126. The Subject continued - Sir Roger's ...
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... the candles which were lighted up in several parts of them ; and were so inflamed by the sunshine which VOL . VII . L accidentally fell upon them , that at first sight I No 83 . 109 SPECTATOR . Sir Roger's Ancestors STEELE ADDISON STEELE.
... the candles which were lighted up in several parts of them ; and were so inflamed by the sunshine which VOL . VII . L accidentally fell upon them , that at first sight I No 83 . 109 SPECTATOR . Sir Roger's Ancestors STEELE ADDISON STEELE.
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... , and the idle pretenders to sorrow , about courts , who wanted only supplies to luxury , should never obtain favour by his means : but the distresses 112 No 84 . SPECTATOR . A Sunday in the Country-Sir Roger's Behaviour at Church.
... , and the idle pretenders to sorrow , about courts , who wanted only supplies to luxury , should never obtain favour by his means : but the distresses 112 No 84 . SPECTATOR . A Sunday in the Country-Sir Roger's Behaviour at Church.
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... a victory , I met with several fragments of it upon the next rejoicing day , which had been employed in squibs and crackers , and by that means celebrated its 116 No 85 . SPECTATOR . A Hunting Scene with Sir Roger BUDGELL.
... a victory , I met with several fragments of it upon the next rejoicing day , which had been employed in squibs and crackers , and by that means celebrated its 116 No 85 . SPECTATOR . A Hunting Scene with Sir Roger BUDGELL.
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Страница 235 - ... than blemish his good qualities. As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side, and every- now and then...
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Страница 232 - That cherubim, which now appears as a god to a human soul, knows very well that the period will come about in eternity, when the human soul shall be as perfect as he himself now is; nay, when she shall look down upon that degree of perfection as much as she now falls short of it.
Страница 216 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man : he makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.
Страница 280 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
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Страница 211 - ... 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 in the mouth of a graceful actor.
Страница 210 - I know his value, have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and, though he does...
Страница 218 - Will Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.