The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the lives of the authors, and explanatory notes. 12 vols. [in 6]., Volumes 1-21853 |
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... give offence ; but which , on the contrary , was fit- ted to attract the giddy , to charm the man of plea- sure , as well as to edify the serious and thoughtful . The variety of its subjects is astonishing ; the fop- peries of dress are ...
... give offence ; but which , on the contrary , was fit- ted to attract the giddy , to charm the man of plea- sure , as well as to edify the serious and thoughtful . The variety of its subjects is astonishing ; the fop- peries of dress are ...
Page ix
... give his humor- ous vein a new direction . On the 12th of April , 1709 , he began to publish the Tatler , to which Mr. Addison and Swift lent their assistance ; and that paper established Steele's reputation , and in- creased his ...
... give his humor- ous vein a new direction . On the 12th of April , 1709 , he began to publish the Tatler , to which Mr. Addison and Swift lent their assistance ; and that paper established Steele's reputation , and in- creased his ...
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... give some umbrage to the Duke of Bolton , who succeeded to the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ire- land , and he was deprived of all his offices . To this misfortune was added the death of Mr. Ad- dison , which gave a decisive blow to his ...
... give some umbrage to the Duke of Bolton , who succeeded to the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ire- land , and he was deprived of all his offices . To this misfortune was added the death of Mr. Ad- dison , which gave a decisive blow to his ...
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... give a more particular account . There is no place of general resort , wherein I do not often make my appearance ; sometimes I am seen thrust- ing my head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the ...
... give a more particular account . There is no place of general resort , wherein I do not often make my appearance ; sometimes I am seen thrust- ing my head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the ...
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... give an account of those gentlemen who are concerned with me in this work ; for , as I have before intimated , a plan of it is laid and concerted , as all other matters of 1 importance are , in a club . However , No. 1 . 31 THE SPECTATOR .
... give an account of those gentlemen who are concerned with me in this work ; for , as I have before intimated , a plan of it is laid and concerted , as all other matters of 1 importance are , in a club . However , No. 1 . 31 THE SPECTATOR .
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Page 242 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Page 155 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 180 - Manlike, but different sex, so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the World, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Page 258 - ROGER'S family, because it consists of sober and staid persons; for as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him. By this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master. You would take his valet...
Page 262 - Men of all sorts take a pride to gird at me : the brain of this foolish-compounded clay, man, is not able to invent any thing that tends to laughter*, more than I invent, or is invented on me : I am not only witty in myself, but the cause that wit is in other men.
Page 181 - Yet innocence and virgin modesty, Her virtue, and the conscience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unsought be won, Not obvious, not obtrusive, but...
Page 30 - 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 stock-jobbers at Jonathan's.
Page 260 - At his first settling 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 pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Page 34 - ... both in town and country, a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed: his tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company...
Page 152 - ... and enemies, priests and soldiers, monks and prebendaries, were crumbled amongst one another, and blended together in the same common mass ; how beauty, strength, and youth, with old age, weakness, and deformity, lay undistinguished in the same promiscuous heap of matter.