The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 páginas |
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... learned body , I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies that there are very few celebrated books , either in the learned or the modern tongues , which I am not ac- quainted with . Upon the death of my father , I was ...
... learned body , I applied myself with so much diligence to my studies that there are very few celebrated books , either in the learned or the modern tongues , which I am not ac- quainted with . Upon the death of my father , I was ...
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... learned of any of the house in those of the stage . Aristotle and Longinus3 are much better understood by him than Littleton or Coke . The father sends up , every post , questions relating to mar- riage - articles , leases , and tenures ...
... learned of any of the house in those of the stage . Aristotle and Longinus3 are much better understood by him than Littleton or Coke . The father sends up , every post , questions relating to mar- riage - articles , leases , and tenures ...
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... ' and in argument as learned as the best philosopher in Europe , ' one who , when in the country , does not run into dairies , but reads upon the nature of " " 1 good scholar , though he does not show it 3 COVERLEY HALL 3833.
... ' and in argument as learned as the best philosopher in Europe , ' one who , when in the country , does not run into dairies , but reads upon the nature of " " 1 good scholar , though he does not show it 3 COVERLEY HALL 3833.
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... learned as the best philosopher in Europe could possibly make , ' she asked me whether she was so happy as to fall 2 See note 4 , p . 33 . 1 The colloquial you ( your ) . 1 in with my sentiments on these important particulars . SIR ...
... learned as the best philosopher in Europe could possibly make , ' she asked me whether she was so happy as to fall 2 See note 4 , p . 33 . 1 The colloquial you ( your ) . 1 in with my sentiments on these important particulars . SIR ...
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... learned from a Latin treatise of exercises that is written with great erudition.4 It is there called the σnioμaxia , or the fighting with a man's own shadow , and consists in the brandishing of two short sticks grasped in each hand ...
... learned from a Latin treatise of exercises that is written with great erudition.4 It is there called the σnioμaxia , or the fighting with a man's own shadow , and consists in the brandishing of two short sticks grasped in each hand ...
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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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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...