The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 páginas |
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Página xxiv
... born to the rector , Lancelot Addison , a son . It seemed im- probable that the babe would live ; in fact , there is a story that at first he was laid out as dead . In consequence of his feeble vitality he was baptised on the day of his ...
... born to the rector , Lancelot Addison , a son . It seemed im- probable that the babe would live ; in fact , there is a story that at first he was laid out as dead . In consequence of his feeble vitality he was baptised on the day of his ...
Página xxxi
... born to write , converse , and live at ease : Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caused himself to ...
... born to write , converse , and live at ease : Should such a man , too fond to rule alone , Bear , like the Turk , no brother near the throne , View him with scornful , yet with jealous eyes , And hate for arts that caused himself to ...
Página xxxii
... born in Dublin and died in Wales . His father died when he was about five years old , and one of the most pathetic passages which Steele ever wrote is a description of his own remembrance of the sad event.1 It is not quite certain how ...
... born in Dublin and died in Wales . His father died when he was about five years old , and one of the most pathetic passages which Steele ever wrote is a description of his own remembrance of the sad event.1 It is not quite certain how ...
Página xlix
... Born in Dublin , Ireland . CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE . HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY . 1672. Louis XIV . makes war upon 1673 ... born . 1685. Charles II . died . James II . king . 1687. Dryden , Hind and Panther . The Athenian Gazette . 1688 ...
... Born in Dublin , Ireland . CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE . HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY . 1672. Louis XIV . makes war upon 1673 ... born . 1685. Charles II . died . James II . king . 1687. Dryden , Hind and Panther . The Athenian Gazette . 1688 ...
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... born . Yale College founded . 1701. Letter to Lord Halifax . 1701. The Christian Hero. 1689. Obtains a demyship at Mag - 1689 . Enters Christ's Church , Ox- dalen College . Dryden . ford . 1689. William and Mary joint sov- ereigns of ...
... born . Yale College founded . 1701. Letter to Lord Halifax . 1701. The Christian Hero. 1689. Obtains a demyship at Mag - 1689 . Enters Christ's Church , Ox- dalen College . Dryden . ford . 1689. William and Mary joint sov- ereigns of ...
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Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator Joseph Addison,Sir Richard Steele,Eustace Budgell Vista completa - 1906 |
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Pasajes populares
Página xxxi - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Página 53 - 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...
Página 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 the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 33 - As 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.
Página 13 - I cannot tell whether I am to account him, whom I am next to speak of, as one of our company; for he visits us but seldom, but when he does, it adds to every man else a new enjoyment of himself. He is a clergyman, a very philosophic man, of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good breeding.
Página xliv - I had never before seen any of them. I bought it, read it over and over, and was much delighted with it. I thought the writing excellent, and wished, if possible, to imitate it.
Página 143 - Shovel ! a very gallant man.' As we stood before Busby's tomb, the knight uttered himself again after the same manner : ' Dr. Busby ! a great man ! he whipped my grandfather ; a very great man...
Página 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.
Página 148 - Upon Pyrrhus his threatening afterwards to leave her, the knight shook his head and muttered to himself, 'Ay, do if you can.' This part dwelt so much upon my friend's imagination, that at the close of the third act, as I was thinking of something else, he whispered in my ear, 'These widows, Sir, are the most perverse creatures in the world. But pray,' says he, 'you that are a critic, is this play according to your dramatic rules, as you call them?
Página 68 - The earth must be laboured before it gives its increase, and when it is forced into its several products, how many hands must they pass through before they are fit for use ! Manufactures, trade, and agriculture, naturally employ more than nineteen parts of the species in twenty...