The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green and Company, 1897 - 174 strán (strany) |
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Strana xiii
... England , under the title of " Prognostications . " The Stationers ' Company employed for several years as its principal " prophet " a fellow who was a shoemaker by trade , named John Par- tridge . He appropriated to himself the title ...
... England , under the title of " Prognostications . " The Stationers ' Company employed for several years as its principal " prophet " a fellow who was a shoemaker by trade , named John Par- tridge . He appropriated to himself the title ...
Strana xxiii
... England more , perhaps , than any one book . " 1 Another declares that " It is not so very much of a hyperbole to call the English eighteenth century the century of the Spec- tator ; and it may be doubted whether any one man or any ...
... England more , perhaps , than any one book . " 1 Another declares that " It is not so very much of a hyperbole to call the English eighteenth century the century of the Spec- tator ; and it may be doubted whether any one man or any ...
Strana xxiv
... England , there was born to the rector , Lancelot Addison , a son . It seemed im- probable that the babe would live ; in fact , there is a story that at first he was laid out as dead . In consequence of his feeble vitality he was ...
... England , there was born to the rector , Lancelot Addison , a son . It seemed im- probable that the babe would live ; in fact , there is a story that at first he was laid out as dead . In consequence of his feeble vitality he was ...
Strana xxv
... England for France . For about a year he lived in comparative retirement , studying the French lan- guage . In Paris he met Boileau , who , it is said , first formed a favorable opinion of English ability to write poetry , by reading ...
... England for France . For about a year he lived in comparative retirement , studying the French lan- guage . In Paris he met Boileau , who , it is said , first formed a favorable opinion of English ability to write poetry , by reading ...
Strana xxvi
... England one day said to the Earl of Halifax that he wished to find a poet worthy to celebrate the event . At the earl's recommendation the commission was given to Addison , who wrote his " Campaign . " It has been main- tained that ...
... England one day said to the Earl of Halifax that he wished to find a poet worthy to celebrate the event . At the earl's recommendation the commission was given to Addison , who wrote his " Campaign . " It has been main- tained that ...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers from "The Spectator" Joseph Addison,Sir Richard Steele,Eustace Budgell Úplné zobrazenie - 1925 |
Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator Joseph Addison,Sir Richard Steele,Eustace Budgell Úplné zobrazenie - 1906 |
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Strana xxxi - Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Strana 55 - Psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it ; sometimes, when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces amen...
Strana 7 - It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Strana 4 - I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the, game.
Strana 162 - Stomach, not being able to touch a Sirloin, which was served up according to Custom ; and you know he used to take great Delight in it. From that time forward he grew worse and worse, but still kept a good Heart to the last. Indeed, we were once in great Hope of his Recovery, upon a kind Message that was sent him from the Widow Lady whom he had made love to the Forty last Years of his Life; but this only proved a Light'ning before Death.
Strana 79 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend : God never made His work for man to mend.
Strana 147 - The glorious names of Henry the Fifth and Queen Elizabeth gave the knight great opportunities of shining, and of doing justice to Sir Richard Baker, who...
Strana 32 - ... 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.
Strana 35 - Calamy, with several living authors who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet in...
Strana 34 - 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 a 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.