The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 páginas |
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... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity : and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die . I ...
... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity : and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die . I ...
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... heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favorite is , " A penny saved is a ...
... heard him prove that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valor , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favorite is , " A penny saved is a ...
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... heard him often lament that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicu- ous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
... heard him often lament that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicu- ous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
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... heard them praised , or because she had seen the authors of them . Among several that I examined , I very well remember these that follow : Ogilby's Virgil . " Dryden's Juvenal . Cassandra . Cleopatra.7 Astræa.7 Sir Isaac Newton's Works ...
... heard them praised , or because she had seen the authors of them . Among several that I examined , I very well remember these that follow : Ogilby's Virgil . " Dryden's Juvenal . Cassandra . Cleopatra.7 Astræa.7 Sir Isaac Newton's Works ...
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... heard the knight desiring them not to let me see them , for that I hated to be stared at . I am the more at ease in Sir Roger's family because it consists of sober and staid persons ; for , as the knight is the best master in the world ...
... heard the knight desiring them not to let me see them , for that I hated to be stared at . I am the more at ease in Sir Roger's family because it consists of sober and staid persons ; for , as the knight is the best master in the world ...
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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 - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Página 55 - 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 7 - It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
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 a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
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 32 - ... he has been useless for several years. I could not but observe with a great deal of pleasure the joy that appeared in the countenances of these ancient domestics upon my friend's arrival at his country seat.
Página 13 - In a word, all his conversation and knowledge has been in the female world. As other men of his age will take notice to you what such a minister said upon such and such an occasion, he will tell you when the Duke of Monmouth danced at court such a woman was then smitten, another was taken with him at the head of his troop in the Park. In all these important relations, he has ever about the same time received a kind glance, or a blow of a fan from some celebrated beauty, mother of the present Lord...
Página 11 - Sentry, a gentleman of great courage, good understanding, but invincible modesty.
Página xviii - All accounts of gallantry, pleasure, and entertainment shall be under the article of White's Chocolate-house; poetry, under that of Will's Coffee-house; learning, under the title of (\. ' Grecian; foreign and domestic news you will have from St. James's Coffee-house; and what else I shall on any other subject offer, shall be dated from my own apartment.
Página 35 - I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor.