Sir Roger de Coverley, by the Spectator, the notes by W.H. WillsLongmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850 - 227 Seiten |
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... the single gentleman who paints his own portrait in the first pages , and who is known wherever English letters can be read , as " THE SPECTATOR . " LIST OF ENGRAVINGS FROM DESIGNS BY FREDERICK TAYLER . Page Advertisement . vii.
... the single gentleman who paints his own portrait in the first pages , and who is known wherever English letters can be read , as " THE SPECTATOR . " LIST OF ENGRAVINGS FROM DESIGNS BY FREDERICK TAYLER . Page Advertisement . vii.
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... first Appearance in the World , feemed to favour my Mother's Dream : For , as she has often told me , I threw away my Rattle before I was two Months old , and would not make use of my Coral until they had taken away the Bells from it ...
... first Appearance in the World , feemed to favour my Mother's Dream : For , as she has often told me , I threw away my Rattle before I was two Months old , and would not make use of my Coral until they had taken away the Bells from it ...
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... first of our Society is a Gen- tleman of Worcestershire , of ancient Defcent , 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 ...
... first of our Society is a Gen- tleman of Worcestershire , of ancient Defcent , 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 ...
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... first com- ing to Town , and kicked Bully Dawson in a pub- lick Coffee - house for calling him Youngfter . being ill used by the above - mentioned Widow , he was very serious for a Year and a half ; and though , his Temper being ...
... first com- ing to Town , and kicked Bully Dawson in a pub- lick Coffee - house for calling him Youngfter . being ill used by the above - mentioned Widow , he was very serious for a Year and a half ; and though , his Temper being ...
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... at most , they appeal to me . At his first fettling with me , I made him a Present of all the good Sermons which have been printed in English , and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pro- nounce Coverley Hall . 23.
... at most , they appeal to me . At his first fettling with me , I made him a Present of all the good Sermons which have been printed in English , and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pro- nounce Coverley Hall . 23.
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Addiſon againſt almoſt Anſwer aſked becauſe befides Behaviour beſt Boevey cauſe CHAP Character Church cloſe Club Converfation Country Daily Courant defired deſcribed diſtance Eftate Eſtate Eudoxus faid fame faſhion fatire fays ferved feveral fhall fhort fide fince firft firſt fome foon fooner FREEPORT Friend Sir ROGER ftill fuch fure Gentleman Gray's Inn greateſt hear herſelf himſelf Hiſtory honeſt Houfe Houſe inſtead itſelf juſt Knight Lady laft laſt leaſt Leontine lived Love manner Maſter moft Mohocks Moll White moſt muſt myſelf obferved occafion paffed Paffion Pariſh Perfon pleaſed Pleaſure preſent racter raiſed Reaſon reſpective ROGER DE COVERLEY ſaid ſaw ſays ſee ſeems ſeen Senfe Servants ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow Sir ANDREW Sir Ro ſmall ſome ſpeak Spectator ſtand Steele ſtill ſtood ſuch Tatler themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand told Tory Town Underſtanding uſed walking Whig whiſpered whole Widow Wimble
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Seite 52 - ... hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Seite 14 - For, says he, that great Man who has a Mind to help me, has as many to break through to come at me, as I have to come at him. Therefore he will conclude, that the Man who would make a Figure, especially in a military Way, must get over all false Modesty, and assist his Patron against the Importunity of other Pretenders, by a proper Assurance in his own Vindication. He says it is a civil Cowardice to...
Seite 4 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...
Seite 53 - 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 55 - ... dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate as of a man of learning...
Seite 4 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.
Seite 23 - I know his value have settled upon him a good annuity for life. If he outlives me, he shall find that he was higher in my esteem than perhaps he thinks he is. He has now been with me thirty years; and though he does not know I have taken notice of it, has never in all that time asked...
Seite 157 - I must not omit that the benevolence of my good old friend, which flows out towards every one he converses with, made him very kind to our interpreter, whom he looked upon as an extraordinary man; for which reason he shook him by the hand at parting, telling him that he should be very glad to see him at his lodgings in Norfolk Buildings, and talk over these matters with him more at leisure.
Seite 15 - ... what you ought to expect, as it is a military fear to be slow in attacking when it is your duty. With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others.
Seite 53 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it; sometimes when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces