 I am very well versed in the theory of a 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...  Selections from the Spectator - Pagina 4door Joseph Addison, Kenneth Deighton - 1901 - 220 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Joseph Addison - 1904 - 286 pagina’s
...and diversion of others better than those who are engaged in them : as standers-by discover 25 blots1 which are apt to escape those who are in the game....resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs 1 A blot, in backgammon, is a man left uncovered and so liable to capture. and Tories, unless I shall... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1903 - 266 pagina’s
...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...game. I never espoused any party with violence, and am re20 solved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 420 pagina’s
...can discern the errors in the oeconomy, business and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which...the game. I never espoused any party with violence, 30 and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 pagina’s
...blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game. I never espoused any party with violence, 30 and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between...Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare my self by the hostilities of either side. ' In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1905 - 428 pagina’s
...can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversions 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. ... In short, I have acted, in all the parts of my life, as a looker-on, which is the character I intend... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 pagina’s
...can discern the errors in the oeconomy, 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. I never espoused any party with violence, 30 and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 422 pagina’s
...can discern the errors in the oeconomy, business and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those I have given the reader just so much of my History and Character, as to let him see I am not altogether... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1906 - 764 pagina’s
...can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standersby discover blots, which...either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts oi my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper." 225. Spirit... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 414 pagina’s
...engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game. I 20 never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved...short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a 25 looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper. I have given the reader just... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1906 - 584 pagina’s
...diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which 20 are apt to escape those who are in the game. I never...forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side.fln short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend... | |
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