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... The Gentleman's Magazine - Seite 3561834Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Spectator The - 1853 - 596 Seiten
...dazzling miracles. EOSCOMMOJ? . I HAVE observed that a reader seldom perukes a book with pleasure, until he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, ol a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature,... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1854 - 600 Seiten
...me at this time a distinct image. Addison makes his Spectator remark, rather in joke than earnest, that " a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure...bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." I am inclined to say nearly as much,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 536 Seiten
...fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat. HOB. I HATE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author. To gratify this curiosity, which is... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 Seiten
...(without raising expectations high) Surprises as with dazzling miraeles.— Bosooiof off. I RAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison was happily induced to bear a part, the only... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 Seiten
...(without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzllng miracles. — KOSCOMUON. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison was happily induced to bear a part, the only... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 Seiten
...(without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzling miracies. — ROSCOMMOX. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison was happily induced to bear a part, the only... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 Seiten
...the Mall1 — to mingle in that great club of the world — sitting alone in it 1 " I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure...writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or a choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1854 - 568 Seiten
...fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat. HoR. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or u fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the... | |
| George Monkland - 1854 - 126 Seiten
...always takes more interest in his hero, as was observed by the Spectator, when he knows whether he be "a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." For the same reason, I have added, when in my power, the " local habitation " to the " name," as we... | |
| Hugh Miller - 1855 - 570 Seiten
...me at this time a distinct image. Addison makes his Spectator remark, rather in joke than earnest, that " a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure...bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." I am inclined to say nearly as much,... | |
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