Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the SpectatorLeach, Shewell, & Sanborn, 1890 - Počet stran: 198 |
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... reason why these should not be included . There are thirty - three letters , including all that prop- erly bear on the subject , except the generally and properly omitted 410 , now ascribed to Tickell . In preparing the notes , I have ...
... reason why these should not be included . There are thirty - three letters , including all that prop- erly bear on the subject , except the generally and properly omitted 410 , now ascribed to Tickell . In preparing the notes , I have ...
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... reason , therefore , I shall publish a sheet full of thoughts every morning , for the benefit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diversion , or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it ...
... reason , therefore , I shall publish a sheet full of thoughts every morning , for the benefit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diversion , or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it ...
Strana 17
... reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentleman , had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege , fought ...
... reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentleman , had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege , fought ...
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... an ambition to please him . The person of next consideration is Sir Andrew Free- port , a merchant of great eminence in the city of London ; a person of indefatigable industry , strong reason , and SIR ROGER AND THE CLUB . 19.
... an ambition to please him . The person of next consideration is Sir Andrew Free- port , a merchant of great eminence in the city of London ; a person of indefatigable industry , strong reason , and SIR ROGER AND THE CLUB . 19.
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... reason , and great experience . His notions of trade are noble and ' generous , and ( as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting , which would make no great figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British Common ...
... reason , and great experience . His notions of trade are noble and ' generous , and ( as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting , which would make no great figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British Common ...
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Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator Joseph Addison,Sir Richard Steele,Eustace Budgell Úplné zobrazení - 1906 |
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Strana 174 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Strana 11 - 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.
Strana 20 - ... way of jesting, which would make no great figure were he not a rich man, he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that, it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another.
Strana 31 - ... if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a standerby to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants. My worthy friend has put me under the particular care of his butler...
Strana 52 - I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. Could not I give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular persons who are now living, and whom I cannot distrust in other matters of fact.
Strana 82 - For my own part, I intend to hunt twice a week during my stay with Sir Koger ; and shall prescribe .the moderate use of this exercise to all my country friends, as the best kind of physic for mending a bad constitution, and preserving a good one.
Strana 84 - In short, when I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? my Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather (to speak my Thoughts freely) I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.
Strana 30 - Roger, who is very well acquainted with my humour, lets me rise and go to bed when I please, dine at his own table or in my chamber as I think fit, sit still and say nothing without bidding me be merry. When the gentlemen of the country come to see him, he only shows me at a distance.
Strana 19 - ... actions, and writings of the ancients, makes him a very delicate observer of what occurs to him in the present world. He is an excellent critic, and the time of the play is his hour of business; exactly at five he passes through...
Strana 17 - The first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of ancient descent, a baronet, his name Sir Roger de Coverley". His great-grandfather was inventor of that famous country-dance" which is called after him. All who know ' that shire are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the...