The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 páginas |
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Página xvi
... say , " what with undertakers , embalmers , joiners , sextons , and elegy - hawkers upon a late practitioner in physic and astrol- ogy , ' I got not one wink of sleep that night , nor scarce a moment's rest ever since . I could not stir ...
... say , " what with undertakers , embalmers , joiners , sextons , and elegy - hawkers upon a late practitioner in physic and astrol- ogy , ' I got not one wink of sleep that night , nor scarce a moment's rest ever since . I could not stir ...
Página xvii
... says : " The general pur- pose 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 dis- course , and our behavior ...
... says : " The general pur- pose 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 dis- course , and our behavior ...
Página xxi
... say the truth , it was time , for he grew cruel dull and dry . To my knowledge he had several good hints to go upon : but he was so lazy and weak of the work that he would not improve them . Other reasons assigned were political ones ...
... say the truth , it was time , for he grew cruel dull and dry . To my knowledge he had several good hints to go upon : but he was so lazy and weak of the work that he would not improve them . Other reasons assigned were political ones ...
Página xxii
... say with Terence , " Homo sum ; humani nihil a me alienum puto . " Both were inspired with a sincere wish to make the world better . They attempted this by attacking evil on its own ground . To be witty , when Addison and Steele began ...
... say with Terence , " Homo sum ; humani nihil a me alienum puto . " Both were inspired with a sincere wish to make the world better . They attempted this by attacking evil on its own ground . To be witty , when Addison and Steele began ...
Página xxiii
... says that the Spectator " civilized England more , perhaps , than any one book . " 1 Another declares that " It is not so very much of a hyperbole to call the English eighteenth century the century of the Spec- tator ; and it may be ...
... says that the Spectator " civilized England more , perhaps , than any one book . " 1 Another declares that " It is not so very much of a hyperbole to call the English eighteenth century the century of the Spec- tator ; and it may be ...
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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...