Sir Roger de Coverley: Essays from the "Spectator"Longmans, Green, 1904 - 172 pages |
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... reason , therefore , I shall publish a sheet full of thoughts every morning , for the benefit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diversion or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it ...
... reason , therefore , I shall publish a sheet full of thoughts every morning , for the benefit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diversion or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it ...
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... reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentle- man , had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege ...
... reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him . Before this disappointment , Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentle- man , had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etherege ...
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... reason , and great experience . His notions of trade are noble and generous , and ( as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting , which would make no great figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British common ...
... reason , and great experience . His notions of trade are noble and generous , and ( as every rich man has usually some sly way of jesting , which would make no great figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British common ...
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... reason Sir Roger was saying last night , that he was of opinion that none but men of fine parts deserve to be hanged . The reflections of such men are so delicate upon all occurrences which they are concerned in , that they should be ...
... reason Sir Roger was saying last night , that he was of opinion that none but men of fine parts deserve to be hanged . The reflections of such men are so delicate upon all occurrences which they are concerned in , that they should be ...
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... reason , a selfish man , in the most shining circumstance and equipage , appears in the same condition with the fellow above - mentioned , but more contemptible in proportion to what more he robs the public of , and enjoys above him . I ...
... reason , a selfish man , in the most shining circumstance and equipage , appears in the same condition with the fellow above - mentioned , but more contemptible in proportion to what more he robs the public of , and enjoys above him . I ...
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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.