 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
 | Spectator, Sir Richard Steele - 1876 - 324 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...short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker on, which is the character I intend- to preserve in this paper. I have given the reader just... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 pagina’s
...andean 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... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 462 pagina’s
...on these subjects. In. the Spectator perfect neutrality in politics was promised, unless, indeed, " I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side." 1 Gay, in The Present State of Wit, says that most people judged the true cause of the cessation of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 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, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 164 pagina’s
...can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others, bet)ter than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,5 unless time. During the Stuart rebellion, in 1745, it was frequented largely by Jacobites.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 168 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...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,5 unless time. During the Stuart rebellion, in 1745, it was frequented largely by Jacobites.... | |
 | William Wheeler - 1892 - 200 pagina’s
...ISHMENT. MERCY : PARRICIDE ; PUNCrimp, Game of. 496-2-12,201654-2. Crincum Crancum. See BENCH. Criticism. Standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game. 5-1-2Moliere used to read his comedies to his old housekeeper. 114-1-1. Addison's observations on.... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 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...exact neutrality between the whigs and tories, unless Í shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - 256 pagina’s
...and selling coffee : hence the name. " A penny weekly newspaper. 3 Note the two antithetical words. apt to escape those who are in the game. I never espoused...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,1 unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 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... | |
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