Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the SpectatorLeach, Shewell, & Sanborn, 1890 - 198 Seiten |
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... poor a rogue as Scarecrow . ' But , ' contin- ued he , for the loss of public and private virtue , we are beholden to your men of fine parts forsooth ; it is with them no matter what is done , so it be done with an air . But to me , who ...
... poor a rogue as Scarecrow . ' But , ' contin- ued he , for the loss of public and private virtue , we are beholden to your men of fine parts forsooth ; it is with them no matter what is done , so it be done with an air . But to me , who ...
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... poor footman lost his wits upon some such trivial occasion . My friend , Sir Roger , has often told me with a great deal of mirth , that at his first coming to his estate he found three parts of his house altogether useless ; that the ...
... poor footman lost his wits upon some such trivial occasion . My friend , Sir Roger , has often told me with a great deal of mirth , that at his first coming to his estate he found three parts of his house altogether useless ; that the ...
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... poor . — POOLY . - ECONOMY in our affairs has the same effect upon our fortunes which good - breeding has upon our conversa- tion . There is a pretending behaviour in both cases , which instead of making men esteemed , renders them both ...
... poor . — POOLY . - ECONOMY in our affairs has the same effect upon our fortunes which good - breeding has upon our conversa- tion . There is a pretending behaviour in both cases , which instead of making men esteemed , renders them both ...
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... poor hare , that was now quite spent , and almost within the reach of her enemies ; when the hunts- man getting forward , threw down his pole before the dogs . They were now within eight yards of that game which they had been pursuing ...
... poor hare , that was now quite spent , and almost within the reach of her enemies ; when the hunts- man getting forward , threw down his pole before the dogs . They were now within eight yards of that game which they had been pursuing ...
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... poor wretch that is the innocent occasion of so many evils , begins to be frighted at herself , and sometimes confesses secret commerces and familiarities that her imagination forms in a delirious old age . This frequently cuts off ...
... poor wretch that is the innocent occasion of so many evils , begins to be frighted at herself , and sometimes confesses secret commerces and familiarities that her imagination forms in a delirious old age . This frequently cuts off ...
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Seite 174 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Seite 11 - 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 20 - ... way of jesting, which would make no great figure were he not a rich man, he calls the sea the British Common. He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts, and will tell you that, it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got by arts and industry. He will often argue, that if this part of our trade were well cultivated, we should gain from one nation ; and if another, from another.
Seite 31 - ... if he coughs, or betrays any infirmity of old age, it is easy for a standerby to observe a secret concern in the looks of all his servants. My worthy friend has put me under the particular care of his butler...
Seite 52 - I think a person who is thus terrified with the imagination of ghosts and spectres much more reasonable than one who, contrary to the reports of all historians, sacred and profane, ancient and modern, and to the traditions of all nations, thinks the appearance of spirits fabulous and groundless. Could not I give myself up to this general testimony of mankind, I should to the relations of particular persons who are now living, and whom I cannot distrust in other matters of fact.
Seite 82 - For my own part, I intend to hunt twice a week during my stay with Sir Koger ; and shall prescribe .the moderate use of this exercise to all my country friends, as the best kind of physic for mending a bad constitution, and preserving a good one.
Seite 84 - In short, when I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? my Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather (to speak my Thoughts freely) I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.
Seite 30 - Roger, who is very well acquainted with my humour, lets me rise and go to bed when I please, dine at his own table or in my chamber as I think fit, sit still and say nothing without bidding me be merry. When the gentlemen of the country come to see him, he only shows me at a distance.
Seite 19 - ... actions, and writings of the ancients, makes him a very delicate observer of what occurs to him in the present world. He is an excellent critic, and the time of the play is his hour of business; exactly at five he passes through...
Seite 17 - 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...