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... never well cured ; and between you and me , I am often apt to imagine it has had some whimsical effect upon my brain : for I frequently find , that in my most serious discourse I let fall some comi- cal BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . lv.
... never well cured ; and between you and me , I am often apt to imagine it has had some whimsical effect upon my brain : for I frequently find , that in my most serious discourse I let fall some comi- cal BIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE . lv.
Pagina lvi
British essayists James Ferguson (advocate). my most serious discourse I let fall some comi- cal familiarity of speech or odd phrase that makes the company laugh . " Now this is a fea- ture not only very humiliating in itself , but in ...
British essayists James Ferguson (advocate). my most serious discourse I let fall some comi- cal familiarity of speech or odd phrase that makes the company laugh . " Now this is a fea- ture not only very humiliating in itself , but in ...
Pagina lxii
... fall short of you in all these beauties of your character , notwithstanding the study and prac- tice of them is the whole business of their lives . But I need not tell you that the free and disengaged behaviour of a fine gentleman makes ...
... fall short of you in all these beauties of your character , notwithstanding the study and prac- tice of them is the whole business of their lives . But I need not tell you that the free and disengaged behaviour of a fine gentleman makes ...
Pagina 1
... the several persons that are engaged in this work . As the chief trouble of com- piling , digesting , and correcting , will fall to my VOL . VI . B share , I must do myself the justice to open The Spectator's Account of him- self ADDISON.
... the several persons that are engaged in this work . As the chief trouble of com- piling , digesting , and correcting , will fall to my VOL . VI . B share , I must do myself the justice to open The Spectator's Account of him- self ADDISON.
Pagina 12
... subject he speaks upon ; but we are so far gone in years , that he observes , when he is among us , an earnestness to have him fall on some divine topic , 12 N ° 2 . SPECTATOR . Custom of telling Stories of Ghosts to Children ADDISON.
... subject he speaks upon ; but we are so far gone in years , that he observes , when he is among us , an earnestness to have him fall on some divine topic , 12 N ° 2 . SPECTATOR . Custom of telling Stories of Ghosts to Children ADDISON.
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Pagina 8 - ... 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.
Pagina 221 - 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 4 - I have made myself a speculative statesman, soldier, merchant, and artisan, without ever meddling with any practical part in life. I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the eeconomy, 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 192 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Pagina 6 - 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...
Pagina 202 - 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 xxxiii - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Pagina 9 - A general Trader of good Sense is pleasanter Company than a general Scholar ;' and Sir ANDREW having a natural unaffected Eloquence, the Perspicuity of his Discourse gives the same Pleasure that Wit would in another Man. He has made his...
Pagina 8 - ... all which questions he agrees with an attorney to answer and take care of in the lump. He is studying the passions themselves, when he should be inquiring into the debates among men which arise from them. He knows the argument of each of the orations of Demosthenes and Tully, but not one case in the reports of our own courts.
Pagina 120 - ... human body. Upon this I began to consider with myself, what innumerable multitudes of people lay confused together under the pavement of that ancient cathedral ; how men and women, friends and enemies, priests and soldiers, monks and prebendaries, were crumbled...