...their face. There is no less truth than humour in the well-known observation of Addison. He says, " I have observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book...or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an...

...satire of the first book. \ What Addison says in jest, and with his usual humour, is true in fact : " I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book...'till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." I will add, at the hazard of its...

...ufual humour, is true in fa& : " I have obferved that a reader feldom peruies a book with pleafurc till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric difpofition, manied or a bachelor." What paflages in Horace are more...

...ufual humour, is true in faft : " I have obferved that a reader feldom perufes a book with pleafore till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric difpofition, manied or a bachelor." What paflages in Horace are more...

...a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, 'till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." I will add, at the hazard of its being reckoned a trifling and minute remark, that many of our English...

...•"-'''•'.• f . • What Addison says in jest, and with his usual humour, is true in fact : " I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, 'titl he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition,...

...iifual humour, is true in faA : " 1 have obfervcd that a reader feldom perules a book with pleafure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric difpofhion, married or a bachelor." What paffages in Horace are more...

...on this occasion. I 1 HAVEobserved (says he) that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a...very much to the right understanding of an author. ' Postscript. g5 IN his conjecture about the identity of my person and character, I can assure him...

...Spectators. He fays, ' I have obfervcd that a reader fel' dom perufes a book with pleafure, until ' he knows whether the writer of it be a ' black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric ' difpofition, with other particulars of the ' like nature, that conduce very much to f the right underftanding...

...task as frankly and decently as possible. ADD1SON has observed, in corroboration of your arguments, " that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...conduce very much to the right understanding of an au. thor." (Spec. No. I.) And it was said of TOM BROWN, I think, when the second edition of his poems...