The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 páginas |
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... AN INTRODUCTION BY D. O. S. LOWELL , A.M. , M.D. ENGLISH MASTER IN THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL & Co NEW YORK LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . LONDON , BOMBAY , AND CALCUTTA 1909 Edue T804.325.532 HARVARD COLLEGE Transferred from NOV 21 1919 ...
... AN INTRODUCTION BY D. O. S. LOWELL , A.M. , M.D. ENGLISH MASTER IN THE ROXBURY LATIN SCHOOL & Co NEW YORK LONGMANS , GREEN , AND CO . LONDON , BOMBAY , AND CALCUTTA 1909 Edue T804.325.532 HARVARD COLLEGE Transferred from NOV 21 1919 ...
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... master , as well as my skill in astrological speculations , I shall , as I see occasion , proceed to confute other dead men who pretend to be in being , although they are actually deceased . I therefore give all men fair warning to mend ...
... master , as well as my skill in astrological speculations , I shall , as I see occasion , proceed to confute other dead men who pretend to be in being , although they are actually deceased . I therefore give all men fair warning to mend ...
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... . A half - fellow ; one who partakes of the founder's benefaction and is in the line of succession to become a fellow . In 1693 he became Master of Arts , and in xxir INTRODUCTION THE AUTHORS OF THE DE COVERLEY PAPERS.
... . A half - fellow ; one who partakes of the founder's benefaction and is in the line of succession to become a fellow . In 1693 he became Master of Arts , and in xxir INTRODUCTION THE AUTHORS OF THE DE COVERLEY PAPERS.
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Joseph Addison Daniel Ozro Smith Lowell. In 1693 he became Master of Arts , and in 1698 a Fellow . He added to his means by taking pupils , and gained a wide reputation for classical scholarship . His Latin po- etry attracted especial ...
Joseph Addison Daniel Ozro Smith Lowell. In 1693 he became Master of Arts , and in 1698 a Fellow . He added to his means by taking pupils , and gained a wide reputation for classical scholarship . His Latin po- etry attracted especial ...
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... master , who used to say " that my parts were solid and would wear well . ” I had not been long at the University before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years , excepting in the public ...
... master , who used to say " that my parts were solid and would wear well . ” I had not been long at the University before I distinguished myself by a most profound silence ; for during the space of eight years , excepting in the public ...
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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.