Sir Roger de Coverley, by the Spectator, the notes by W.H. WillsLongmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850 - Počet stran: 227 |
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... Woman , advifing her as a Juftice of Peace to avoid all Communication with the Devil . A COVERLEY LOVE MATCH We faw a young Woman fitting as it were in a per- fonated Sullenness just over a transparent Fountain . Opposite to her stood ...
... Woman , advifing her as a Juftice of Peace to avoid all Communication with the Devil . A COVERLEY LOVE MATCH We faw a young Woman fitting as it were in a per- fonated Sullenness just over a transparent Fountain . Opposite to her stood ...
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... Woman I ever made Ad- ' vances to . ' This way of Talking of his very much enlivens the Converfation among us of a more fe- date Turn ; and I find there is not one of the Com- pany , but myself , who rarely speak at all , but speaks of ...
... Woman I ever made Ad- ' vances to . ' This way of Talking of his very much enlivens the Converfation among us of a more fe- date Turn ; and I find there is not one of the Com- pany , but myself , who rarely speak at all , but speaks of ...
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... Woman , who diftributed Rewards and Punish- ments in giving becoming or unbecoming Dreffes to her Maids . BUT my good Friend is above these little In- ftances of Good - will , in bestowing only Trifles on his Servants ; a good Servant ...
... Woman , who diftributed Rewards and Punish- ments in giving becoming or unbecoming Dreffes to her Maids . BUT my good Friend is above these little In- ftances of Good - will , in bestowing only Trifles on his Servants ; a good Servant ...
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... Woman in the ' World . You are to know this was the Place ' wherein I used to muse upon her ; and by that ' Custom I can never come into it , but the fame ' tender Sentiments revive in my Mind , as if I had ' actually walked with that ...
... Woman in the ' World . You are to know this was the Place ' wherein I used to muse upon her ; and by that ' Custom I can never come into it , but the fame ' tender Sentiments revive in my Mind , as if I had ' actually walked with that ...
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... Woman is one of ' thofe unaccountable Creatures , that fecretly re- ' joice in the Admiration of Men , but indulge ' themselves in no farther Confequences . Hence it is that she has ever had a Train of Admirers , ' and fhe removes from ...
... Woman is one of ' thofe unaccountable Creatures , that fecretly re- ' joice in the Admiration of Men , but indulge ' themselves in no farther Confequences . Hence it is that she has ever had a Train of Admirers , ' and fhe removes from ...
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Addiſon againſt almoſt Anſwer aſked becauſe befides Behaviour beſt Boevey cauſe CHAP Character Church cloſe Club Converfation Country Daily Courant defired deſcribed diſtance Eftate Eſtate Eudoxus faid fame faſhion fatire fays ferved feveral fhall fhort fide fince firft firſt fome foon fooner FREEPORT Friend Sir ROGER ftill fuch fure Gentleman Gray's Inn greateſt hear herſelf himſelf Hiſtory honeſt Houfe Houſe inſtead itſelf juſt Knight Lady laft laſt leaſt Leontine lived Love manner Maſter moft Mohocks Moll White moſt muſt myſelf obferved occafion paffed Paffion Pariſh Perfon pleaſed Pleaſure preſent racter raiſed Reaſon reſpective ROGER DE COVERLEY ſaid ſaw ſays ſee ſeems ſeen Senfe Servants ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow Sir ANDREW Sir Ro ſmall ſome ſpeak Spectator ſtand Steele ſtill ſtood ſuch Tatler themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand told Tory Town Underſtanding uſed walking Whig whiſpered whole Widow Wimble
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Strana 52 - ... hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Strana 14 - For, says he, that great Man who has a Mind to help me, has as many to break through to come at me, as I have to come at him. Therefore he will conclude, that the Man who would make a Figure, especially in a military Way, must get over all false Modesty, and assist his Patron against the Importunity of other Pretenders, by a proper Assurance in his own Vindication. He says it is a civil Cowardice to...
Strana 4 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...
Strana 53 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if, by chance, he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and, if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Strana 55 - ... dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate as of a man of learning...
Strana 4 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.
Strana 23 - I know his value have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and though he does not know I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked...
Strana 157 - I must not omit that the benevolence of my good old friend, which flows out towards every one he converses with, made him very kind to our interpreter, whom he looked upon as an extraordinary man; for which reason he shook him by the hand at parting, telling him that he should be very glad to see him at his lodgings in Norfolk Buildings, and talk over these matters with him more at leisure.
Strana 15 - ... what you ought to expect, as it is a military fear to be slow in attacking when it is your duty. With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others.
Strana 53 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing 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