The Sir Roger de Coverley PapersH. Holt, 1914 - 204 Seiten |
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... kind . We may , however , be permitted to conjecture that he may have secretly cherished kindlier feelings towards Steele than his habitual reticence would allow him to express . Such , at any rate , is the inference we may draw from ...
... kind . We may , however , be permitted to conjecture that he may have secretly cherished kindlier feelings towards Steele than his habitual reticence would allow him to express . Such , at any rate , is the inference we may draw from ...
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... kind than as one of the species ; by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman , soldier , merchant , and artisan , without ever meddling with any practical 30 part in life . I am very well versed in the theory of an ...
... kind than as one of the species ; by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman , soldier , merchant , and artisan , without ever meddling with any practical 30 part in life . I am very well versed in the theory of an ...
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... kind glance or a blow of a fan from some celebrated beauty , mother 30 of the present Lord Such - a - one . If you speak of a young commoner that said a lively thing in the House , he starts up : " He has good blood in his veins ; that ...
... kind glance or a blow of a fan from some celebrated beauty , mother 30 of the present Lord Such - a - one . If you speak of a young commoner that said a lively thing in the House , he starts up : " He has good blood in his veins ; that ...
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... kind of square , consisting of one of the prettiest grotesque works that ever I saw , and made up 10 of scaramouches , lions , monkeys , mandarins , trees , shells , and a thousand other odd figures in china ware . In the midst of the ...
... kind of square , consisting of one of the prettiest grotesque works that ever I saw , and made up 10 of scaramouches , lions , monkeys , mandarins , trees , shells , and a thousand other odd figures in china ware . In the midst of the ...
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... kind of lethargy and falls asleep that is not agitated by some favorite pleas- ures and pursuits , Leonora has turned all the passions of her sex into a love of books and retirement . She con- 15 verses chiefly with men - as she has ...
... kind of lethargy and falls asleep that is not agitated by some favorite pleas- ures and pursuits , Leonora has turned all the passions of her sex into a love of books and retirement . She con- 15 verses chiefly with men - as she has ...
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Seite 48 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews, it seems, is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Seite 61 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Seite 48 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if, by chance, he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and, if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Seite 3 - 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.
Seite 50 - ... his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation. Feuds of this nature, though too frequent in the country, are very fatal to the ordinary people ; who are so used to be dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate, as of a man of learning ; and are very hardly brought to regard any truth, how important soever it may be, that is preached to them, when they know there are several men of five hundred a year who do not believe...
Seite 11 - With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation of which he is very agreeable to the company ; for he is never overbearing, though accustomed to command men in the utmost degree below him ; nor ever too obsequious, from an habit of obeying men highly above him.
Seite 49 - As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side ; and every now and then inquires how...
Seite 8 - He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty ; keeps a good house both in 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.
Seite 49 - In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year ; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Seite 8 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...