 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
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 pagina’s
...and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots, 2 mi am.resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs ancl Tories, unless I shall be forced... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 524 pagina’s
...think it your greatest commendation not to be talked of one way or other ». Pensieri e sentenze varie. Standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game (1). *** A man who has been brought up among books, and is able to talk of nothing else, is a very... | |
 | Tucker Brooke, Matthias A. Shaaber - 1989 - 490 pagina’s
...write fa dvoidabout books. One topic that might be expected, however, they firmly banned. ance °f "I never espoused any Party with Violence, and am resolved to observe °°'ltlcs an exact Neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself... | |
 | Saskatchewan. Department of Education - 1910 - 260 pagina’s
...an husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business and diversion of others. I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved...an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories. (6) A furious party spirit, when it rages in its full violence, exerts itself in civil war and bloodshed... | |
 | Richard Braverman - 1993 - 366 pagina’s
...Spectator, remarking on his unique qualification as a man with wide interests but without deep prejudices: "I never espoused any Party with Violence, and am...Neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forc'd to declare my self by the Hostilities of Either side."66 The passions that Addison will embrace... | |
 | Kathleen Nulton Kemmerer - 1998 - 172 pagina’s
...parodies Addison's insistence on maintaining political neutrality. In the first essay, Addison writes: I never espoused any Party with Violence, and am resolved...Neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forc'd to declare my self by the Hostilities of either side (Spectator 1: 5). In Spectator 16, he says... | |
 | Ronald Paulson - 1998 - 292 pagina’s
...distinguishes the satirist from the comic observer, this also implies a political disinterestedness: "I never espoused any Party with Violence, and am...Neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forc'd to declare my self by the Hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts... | |
 | Shawn L. Maurer - 1998 - 330 pagina’s
...to "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." In addition, his feigned political disinterest becomes a model for civic interaction in general: "I... | |
 | Alexandre Beljame - 1998 - 528 pagina’s
...anecdote sounds like an echo from the French Revolution. Four Indian kings had come on a visit to England I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is th character I intend to preserve in this paper. 1" This unusual being was known only to " not above... | |
 | Peter Cosgrove - 1999 - 300 pagina’s
...can discern the Errors in the Oeconomy, Business and Diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as Standersby discover Blots, which...myself by the Hostilities of either Side. In short, 1 have acted in all the Parts of my Life as a Looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve... | |
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