Sir Roger de Coverley: Essays from the "Spectator"Longmans, Green, 1904 - 172 pages |
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... manner — or at least under the inspiration of Sterne , and is marked by an exaggerated senti- mentality . Upon its own time , however , it produced an impres- sion which has been compared with that made by Rousseau's " Nouvelle Héloise ...
... manner — or at least under the inspiration of Sterne , and is marked by an exaggerated senti- mentality . Upon its own time , however , it produced an impres- sion which has been compared with that made by Rousseau's " Nouvelle Héloise ...
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... manners of the world , only as he thinks the world is in the wrong . However , this humour creates him no enemies , for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes and forms , makes him but the readier ...
... manners of the world , only as he thinks the world is in the wrong . However , this humour creates him no enemies , for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes and forms , makes him but the readier ...
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... manners , actions , and writ- ings of the ancients , makes him a very delicate observer of what occurs to him in the present world . He is an excellent critic , and the time of the play is his hour of business ; exactly at five he ...
... manners , actions , and writ- ings of the ancients , makes him a very delicate observer of what occurs to him in the present world . He is an excellent critic , and the time of the play is his hour of business ; exactly at five he ...
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... manner of curling their hair , that way of placing their hoods ; whose frailty was covered by such a sort of petticoat , and whose vanity to show her foot made that part of the dress so short in such a year . In a word , all his ...
... manner of curling their hair , that way of placing their hoods ; whose frailty was covered by such a sort of petticoat , and whose vanity to show her foot made that part of the dress so short in such a year . In a word , all his ...
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... manner , that they are no more shocked at vice and folly than men of slower capacities . There is no greater monster in being than a very ill man of great parts . He lives like a man in a palsy , with one side of him dead . While ...
... manner , that they are no more shocked at vice and folly than men of slower capacities . There is no greater monster in being than a very ill man of great parts . He lives like a man in a palsy , with one side of him dead . While ...
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Page 32 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Page 46 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded " ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lap'd like Thessalian bulls; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 8 - 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 16 - Some of them could not refrain from tears at the sight of their old master; every one of them pressed forward to do something for him, and seemed discouraged if they were not employed. At the same time the good old knight, with a mixture of the father and the master of the family, tempered- the inquiries after his own affairs, with several kind questions relating to themselves. This humanity and...
Page 70 - Good people all of every sort, Give ear unto my song, And if you find it wondrous short, It cannot hold you long. In Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes ! The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel...
Page 30 - TURN, gentle hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way, To where yon taper cheers the vale, With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds immeasurably spread Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Page 23 - What good to his country or himself might not a trader or merchant have done with such useful though ordinary qualifications ? Will. Wimble's is the case of many a younger brother of a great family, who had rather see their children starve like gentlemen, than thrive in a trade or profession that is beneath their quality.
Page 22 - Will Wimble is younger Brother to a Baronet, and descended of the ancient Family of the Wimbles. He is now between Forty and Fifty; but being bred to no Business and born to no Estate, he generally lives with his elder Brother as Superintendant of his Game.
Page 16 - ... he has been useless for several years. I could not but observe with a great deal of pleasure the joy that appeared in the countenances of these ancient domestics upon my friend's arrival at his country seat.
Page 30 - No flocks that range the valley free To slaughter I condemn; Taught by that Power that pities me, I learn to pity them. "But from the mountain's grassy side A guiltless feast I bring; A scrip with herbs and fruits supplied, And water from the spring. "Then, pilgrim, turn, thy cares forego; All earth-born cares are wrong; Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.