Sir Roger de Coverley, by the Spectator, the notes by W.H. WillsLongmans, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850 - 227 Seiten |
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... whispered me in the Ear to take notice of a Tabby Cat that fat in the Chimney - Corner , which , as the old Knight told me , lay under as bad a Report as Moll White her- felf ; for besides that Moll is faid often to accom- pany her in ...
... whispered me in the Ear to take notice of a Tabby Cat that fat in the Chimney - Corner , which , as the old Knight told me , lay under as bad a Report as Moll White her- felf ; for besides that Moll is faid often to accom- pany her in ...
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... Whisper of Breezes , the Singing of Birds ; and whether I looked up to the Heavens , down on the Earth , or turned on the Prospects around me , still ftruck with new Senfe of Pleasure ; when I found by the Voice of my Friend , who ...
... Whisper of Breezes , the Singing of Birds ; and whether I looked up to the Heavens , down on the Earth , or turned on the Prospects around me , still ftruck with new Senfe of Pleasure ; when I found by the Voice of my Friend , who ...
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... whispered me , ' Hist , these are Lovers . ' The Huntsman looking earnestly at the Shadow of the young Maiden in the Stream , ' Oh thou dear Pic- ture , if thou couldft remain there in the Abfence C ' of that fair Creature , whom you ...
... whispered me , ' Hist , these are Lovers . ' The Huntsman looking earnestly at the Shadow of the young Maiden in the Stream , ' Oh thou dear Pic- ture , if thou couldft remain there in the Abfence C ' of that fair Creature , whom you ...
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... Huntsman , with a Tenderness that spoke the most paffionate Love , and with his Cheek close to hers , whispered the fofteft Vows of Fidelity in her Ear , and cryed , < ' Don't , my Dear , believe a Word A Coverley Love Match . 91.
... Huntsman , with a Tenderness that spoke the most paffionate Love , and with his Cheek close to hers , whispered the fofteft Vows of Fidelity in her Ear , and cryed , < ' Don't , my Dear , believe a Word A Coverley Love Match . 91.
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... whisper in the Judge's Ear , That he was glad his Lordship had met with so much good Weather in his Circuit . I was listening to the Proceeding of the Court with much Attention , and infinitely pleased with that great Appearance and ...
... whisper in the Judge's Ear , That he was glad his Lordship had met with so much good Weather in his Circuit . I was listening to the Proceeding of the Court with much Attention , and infinitely pleased with that great Appearance and ...
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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