Sir Roger de Coverley, Essays from the SpectatorMacmillan, 1899 - 166 páginas |
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Página xii
... woman ; and woman in this period neither commanded nor received respect . In the mid- dle xii INTRODUCTION.
... woman ; and woman in this period neither commanded nor received respect . In the mid- dle xii INTRODUCTION.
Página xiii
... woman was admitted , not because of her inherent right to be there to purify , to uplift , to inspire , but because she could amuse and charm away a weary hour while she idly flirted her fan , and gave inane responses to the insipid ...
... woman was admitted , not because of her inherent right to be there to purify , to uplift , to inspire , but because she could amuse and charm away a weary hour while she idly flirted her fan , and gave inane responses to the insipid ...
Página xv
... Women pretending to be friends , lost no opportunity of back - biting and defaming one another . Social gatherings were based , not on merit of individuals , nor congeniality of taste , but on a feverish craving for excitement and ...
... Women pretending to be friends , lost no opportunity of back - biting and defaming one another . Social gatherings were based , not on merit of individuals , nor congeniality of taste , but on a feverish craving for excitement and ...
Página xvi
... women gambled openly and exces- sively , staking even their clothes when purses were empty . Ward , speaking of a ... woman . They are seldom two days in one and the same stations ; they are one day very richly dressed , and perhaps out ...
... women gambled openly and exces- sively , staking even their clothes when purses were empty . Ward , speaking of a ... woman . They are seldom two days in one and the same stations ; they are one day very richly dressed , and perhaps out ...
Página xviii
... woman having appeared on the stage till 1660 . Even in Queen Anne's reign , so few actresses were known that when a play " acted by all women was advertised , it greatly attracted by its novelty , the pleasure - seeking crowd . That a woman ...
... woman having appeared on the stage till 1660 . Even in Queen Anne's reign , so few actresses were known that when a play " acted by all women was advertised , it greatly attracted by its novelty , the pleasure - seeking crowd . That a woman ...
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Página 64 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each. A cry more tuneable Was never holla'd to, nor cheer'd with horn, In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly : Judge when you hear.
Página 43 - ... upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Página 140 - O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest Heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on Earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind...
Página 141 - And strait conjunction with this sex: for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
Página 45 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 9 - ... the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company : when he comes into a house, he calls the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the chair at a quarter-session with great abilities, and three months ago gained universal applause by explaining a passage in the game act.
Página 146 - He departed this life at .his house in the country, after a few weeks sickness. Sir Andrew Freeport has a letter from one of his correspondents in those parts, that informs him the old man caught a cold at the county-sessions, as he was very warmly promoting an address of his own penning, in which he succeeded according to. his wishes. But this particular comes from a whig justice of peace, who was always sir Roger's enemy and antagonist. I have letters both from...
Página xxx - The general purpose of this Paper is to expose the false arts of life, to pull off the disguises of cunning, vanity, and affectation, and to recommend a general simplicity in our dress, our discourse, and our behaviour.
Página 9 - Temple, a man of great probity, wit, and understanding ; but he has chosen his place of residence rather to obey the direction of an old humorsome father, than in pursuit of his own inclinations. He was placed there to study the laws of the land, and is the most learned of any of the house in those of the stage.
Página 8 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned 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 same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...