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... seem not so much the effects of a mind de- viating from the beaten track of life , by the per- petual pressure of ... seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own design . " * To this opinion the following judicious re- marks ...
... seem not so much the effects of a mind de- viating from the beaten track of life , by the per- petual pressure of ... seems to have been deterred from prosecuting his own design . " * To this opinion the following judicious re- marks ...
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... seems to think that Addison had formed an idea of Sir Roger which he never exhibited complete ; that he has given a small degree of discomposure to the knight's mind , but made very little use of it ; that Sir Roger's irregulari- ties ...
... seems to think that Addison had formed an idea of Sir Roger which he never exhibited complete ; that he has given a small degree of discomposure to the knight's mind , but made very little use of it ; that Sir Roger's irregulari- ties ...
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... seems not to have pleased Addison , who , when he dismissed him from his club , changed his opinions . Steele had ... seem to merit the censure of our learned biographer . There can surely be no difference of sentiment on the question ...
... seems not to have pleased Addison , who , when he dismissed him from his club , changed his opinions . Steele had ... seem to merit the censure of our learned biographer . There can surely be no difference of sentiment on the question ...
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... seems to be altoge- ther fictitious , and the character of the Specta- tor and of Sir Roger de Coverley are certainly among the happiest fictions that could have been contrived for the purpose they were to an- swer . In the other ...
... seems to be altoge- ther fictitious , and the character of the Specta- tor and of Sir Roger de Coverley are certainly among the happiest fictions that could have been contrived for the purpose they were to an- swer . In the other ...
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... seem to be goaded some- times by criticism , and sometimes by popular opinion , to produce " ambitious ornaments , " and to try hazardous innovations . " Since writers of commanding reputation have been Johnson . Addison's merit as a ...
... seem to be goaded some- times by criticism , and sometimes by popular opinion , to produce " ambitious ornaments , " and to try hazardous innovations . " Since writers of commanding reputation have been Johnson . Addison's merit as a ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquaint acrostics Addison admiration Æneid agreeable appear APRIL April 17 Aristotle audience beauty behaviour Ben Jonson Bouts-Rimés called character club coffee-house conversation delight Delphos discourse diversion dress endeavour English entertainment eyes false Falstaff favour French frequently genius gentleman George Etheridge give graces heart hero honour Hudibras humble servant humour innu insomuch Italian kind kings lady Lætitia language laugh letter lion live look lover manner means merit merry mind mirth mistress nature neral never observed occasion opera OVID paper particular passion periwig person Pict play playhouse pleased poem poet Porus present racter reader reason rhymes ridicule Roger de Coverley ROSCOMMON SALMONEUS says scenes sense Sir Roger speak Spectator stage Tatler tell thing thought tion told tragedy verse VIRG whole woman women word writing young
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Página xciv - ... 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.
Página xxix - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
Página 159 - Worship th' immortal gods. I AM always very well pleased with a country Sundav, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time, in which the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits,...
Página lxxxvii - 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.
Página 238 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Página xcv - His notions of trade are noble and generous, and (as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting which would make no great figure were he not a rich man) he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will 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 cultivated, we should gain from one nation, — and if another,...
Página 161 - This authority of the Knight, though exerted in that odd manner which accompanies him in all circumstances of life, has a very good effect upon the parish, who are not polite enough to see any thing ridiculous in his behaviour.
Página xcii - However, this humour creates him no enemies, for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy, and his being unconfined to modes and forms makes him but the readier and more capable to please and oblige all who know him.
Página 160 - He has often told me, that at his coming to his estate, he found his parishioners very irregular: and that in order to make them kneel, and join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassock and a Common Prayer Book ; and at the same time employed an itinerant...
Página 160 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing 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