The Spectator, Volume 5George Atherton Aitken G. Routledge, 1898 - English essays |
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Page 91
... humour as they can ; for though a country life is described as the most pleasant of all others , and though it may in truth be so , yet it is so only to those who know how to enjoy leisure and retirement . As for those who can't live ...
... humour as they can ; for though a country life is described as the most pleasant of all others , and though it may in truth be so , yet it is so only to those who know how to enjoy leisure and retirement . As for those who can't live ...
Page 144
... humour , whim , or particularity of behaviour by any who do not wait upon him for bread . Next to the peevish fellow is the snarler . This gentleman deals mightily in what we call the irony , and as these sort of people exert themselves ...
... humour , whim , or particularity of behaviour by any who do not wait upon him for bread . Next to the peevish fellow is the snarler . This gentleman deals mightily in what we call the irony , and as these sort of people exert themselves ...
Page 261
... humour , and the gaiety of it is tem- pered with something that is instructive , as well as barely agreeable . Thus with him you are sure not to be merry at the expense of your reason , nor serious with the loss of your good humour ...
... humour , and the gaiety of it is tem- pered with something that is instructive , as well as barely agreeable . Thus with him you are sure not to be merry at the expense of your reason , nor serious with the loss of your good humour ...
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