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Pagina 11
... far inferior , is only inferior to Shak- speare's Falstaff . " Royal and Noble Authors . Lord Orford's Works , vol i . p . 530 , art . Nugent , note . be observed , is in that paper very different from BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 11.
... far inferior , is only inferior to Shak- speare's Falstaff . " Royal and Noble Authors . Lord Orford's Works , vol i . p . 530 , art . Nugent , note . be observed , is in that paper very different from BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . 11.
Pagina 12
Alexander Chalmers. be observed , is in that paper very different from what Dr. Johnson represents . His ... observe , that the original limner repre- sents him as " humble in his desires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , insomuch ...
Alexander Chalmers. be observed , is in that paper very different from what Dr. Johnson represents . His ... observe , that the original limner repre- sents him as " humble in his desires after he had forgot his cruel beauty , insomuch ...
Pagina 13
... observed too , that the widow - part of Sir Roger's history was of Steele's providing , in Nos . 113 and 118. Addison , no doubt , attended to the keep of Sir Roger's character , and Steele , with his usual candour , might follow a plan ...
... observed too , that the widow - part of Sir Roger's history was of Steele's providing , in Nos . 113 and 118. Addison , no doubt , attended to the keep of Sir Roger's character , and Steele , with his usual candour , might follow a plan ...
Pagina 19
... observed by Tickell , that Addison em- ployed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of wit himself , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason ...
... observed by Tickell , that Addison em- ployed wit on the side of virtue and religion . He not only made the proper use of wit himself , but taught it to others ; and from his time it has been generally subservient to the cause of reason ...
Pagina 33
... observed , and that they who reported it would probably not be anxious to lessen the extent or frequency of an indulgence which brought Addison for a time on a level with his inferiors . It is far more probable that he had always been ...
... observed , and that they who reported it would probably not be anxious to lessen the extent or frequency of an indulgence which brought Addison for a time on a level with his inferiors . It is far more probable that he had always been ...
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Pagina 143 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others...
Pagina 81 - 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.
Pagina 290 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Pagina 84 - I am very well versed in the theory of an husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others better than those who are engaged in them, as standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game.
Pagina 309 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Pagina 279 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Pagina 524 - Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
Pagina 428 - With that there came an arrow keen Out of an English bow, Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart, A deep and deadly blow ; Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on, my merry men all ; For why, my life is at an end, Lord Percy sees my fall.
Pagina 82 - Whether this might proceed from a lawsuit which was then depending in the family, or my father's being a justice of the peace, I cannot determine; for I am not so vain as to think it presaged any dignity that I should arrive at in my future life, though that was the interpretation which the neighborhood put upon it.
Pagina 87 - THE first of our society is a gentleman of Worcestershire, of an 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.