The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 страници |
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Страница xiii
... tell the course of events by consulting the stars . After Partridge's " Prognostications for 1708 " appeared , that mad wag Jonathan Swift - the author of " Gulliver's Travels , " then an Irish vicar of rising fame visiting in London ...
... tell the course of events by consulting the stars . After Partridge's " Prognostications for 1708 " appeared , that mad wag Jonathan Swift - the author of " Gulliver's Travels , " then an Irish vicar of rising fame visiting in London ...
Страница xviii
... tell all that will happen before it comes to pass ; but that he shall use this faculty sparingly for fear of divulging matters which may offend his superiors . " This same introduction was also printed in the second and third numbers ...
... tell all that will happen before it comes to pass ; but that he shall use this faculty sparingly for fear of divulging matters which may offend his superiors . " This same introduction was also printed in the second and third numbers ...
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... telling blows at all the fads and follies of the times ; they shot , between the joints of many a respectable har- ness , arrows of sarcasm pointed with wit and winged with mirth ; they smilingly dissected the empty brain of the 1 ...
... telling blows at all the fads and follies of the times ; they shot , between the joints of many a respectable har- ness , arrows of sarcasm pointed with wit and winged with mirth ; they smilingly dissected the empty brain of the 1 ...
Страница xxxi
... before Addison was sent thither , and Thackeray's picturesque account of the " head boy , " which he relates with such telling effect , falls below the rank of historical fiction into that of fictitious biog INTRODUCTION XXXI.
... before Addison was sent thither , and Thackeray's picturesque account of the " head boy , " which he relates with such telling effect , falls below the rank of historical fiction into that of fictitious biog INTRODUCTION XXXI.
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... tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry . He will often argue that if this part of our trade were well cul- tivated , we should gain from one nation ...
... tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry . He will often argue that if this part of our trade were well cul- tivated , we should gain from one nation ...
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Страница xxxi - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Страница 55 - 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...
Страница 7 - 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.
Страница 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 a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Страница 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.
Страница 32 - ... he has been useless for several years. I could not but observe with a great deal of pleasure the joy that appeared in the countenances of these ancient domestics upon my friend's arrival at his country seat.
Страница 13 - In a word, all his conversation and knowledge has been in the female world. As other men of his age will take notice to you what such a minister said upon such and such an occasion, he will tell you when the Duke of Monmouth danced at court such a woman was then smitten, another was taken with him at the head of his troop in the Park. In all these important relations, he has ever about the same time received a kind glance, or a blow of a fan from some celebrated beauty, mother of the present Lord...
Страница 11 - Sentry, a gentleman of great courage, good understanding, but invincible modesty.
Страница xviii - All accounts of gallantry, pleasure, and entertainment shall be under the article of White's Chocolate-house; poetry, under that of Will's Coffee-house; learning, under the title of (\. ' Grecian; foreign and domestic news you will have from St. James's Coffee-house; and what else I shall on any other subject offer, shall be dated from my own apartment.
Страница 35 - 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 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.