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...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 * Child's coffee-house was in St. Paul's church-yard, and the resort of the clergy ; St. James's stood...

...and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots,2 of my house, whereof one very narrowly missed my...so proper as to deliver them bound into my hands; looker on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper. I have given the reader just...

...and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots, 2 mi am.resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs ancl Tories, unless I shall be forced...

...greatest commendation not to be talked of one way or other ». Pensieri e sentenze varie. Standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game (1). *** A man who has been brought up among books, and is able to talk of nothing else, is a very...

...write fa dvoidabout books. One topic that might be expected, however, they firmly banned. ance °f "I never espoused any Party with Violence, and am resolved to observe °°'ltlcs an exact Neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself...

...an husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business and diversion of others. I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved...an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories. (6) A furious party spirit, when it rages in its full violence, exerts itself in civil war and bloodshed...

...an eighteenth-century version of a familiar pose when he announced in the prologue to his journal: "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." 2 What was new for Addison's...

...stressed his lifelong inclination to remain a silent "Spectator of Mankind." "In short," he concluded, "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. "78 For all its familiar detail,...

...Spectator, remarking on his unique qualification as a man with wide interests but without deep prejudices: "I never espoused any Party with Violence, and am...Neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forc'd to declare my self by the Hostilities of Either side."66 The passions that Addison will embrace...