The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 páginas |
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Página 53
... thou hast made good the old saying that women are not to be trusted . Was not I the husband of thy virginity ? Have I not children by thee ? How couldst thou forget our loves so far as to enter into a second marriage , and after that ...
... thou hast made good the old saying that women are not to be trusted . Was not I the husband of thy virginity ? Have I not children by thee ? How couldst thou forget our loves so far as to enter into a second marriage , and after that ...
Página 86
... thou wilt also vanish - yet let me talk to thee while thou dost stay . Tell my dearest Betty thou dost not more depend upon her than does her William ; her absence will make away with me as well as thee . If she offers to remove thee ...
... thou wilt also vanish - yet let me talk to thee while thou dost stay . Tell my dearest Betty thou dost not more depend upon her than does her William ; her absence will make away with me as well as thee . If she offers to remove thee ...
Página 127
... thou dost not come up quickly , we shall conclude that thou art in love with one of Sir Roger's dairy - maids . Service to the knight . Sir Andrew is grown the cock of the club since he left us , and if he does not return quickly will ...
... thou dost not come up quickly , we shall conclude that thou art in love with one of Sir Roger's dairy - maids . Service to the knight . Sir Andrew is grown the cock of the club since he left us , and if he does not return quickly will ...
Página 130
... thou art a person of a light mind ; thy drum is a type of thee - it soundeth because it is empty . Verily , it is not from thy fulness but thy emp- tiness that thou hast spoken this day . Friend , friend , we have hired this coach in ...
... thou art a person of a light mind ; thy drum is a type of thee - it soundeth because it is empty . Verily , it is not from thy fulness but thy emp- tiness that thou hast spoken this day . Friend , friend , we have hired this coach in ...
Página 132
... thou shouldst re- joice to see my peaceable demeanor , and I should be glad to see thy strength and ability to protect me in it . " T. XXVII . SIR ROGER IN AN ARGUMENT . [ Spectator 132 SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY A JOURNEY TO LONDON Steele ...
... thou shouldst re- joice to see my peaceable demeanor , and I should be glad to see thy strength and ability to protect me in it . " T. XXVII . SIR ROGER IN AN ARGUMENT . [ Spectator 132 SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY A JOURNEY TO LONDON Steele ...
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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.