 | Hugh Miller - 1855 - Počet stránok 560
...me at this time a distinct image. Addison makes his Spectator remark, rather in joke than earnest, that " a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure...very much to the right understanding of an author." I am inclined to say nearly as much, without being in the least in joke. I think I understand an author... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 622
...light, And (without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles.— EOSOOMMOH. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with...mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison was happily induced to bear a part, the only... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 628
...And (without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles. — KOSCOMXOH. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with...mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in -which Mr. Addison was happily induced to bear a part, the onl^... | |
 | Henry Pitman - 1856 - Počet stránok 1048
...phonetic publisher, 20, Paternoster Row, London. Addison says, inhis *' Spectator," with playful truth, " A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till...whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a inild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - Počet stránok 780
...observed, that a reader seldom peruse« a honk with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer :>! me in the fair sex was in (hose days more prevalent...influence over our actions, and is in many cases so i tlie light understanding of an author To gratify lh ч curiosity, which is so natural in a reader,... | |
 | Manchester Art Treasures of the United Kingdom Exhibition - 1857 - Počet stránok 296
...опт ancestors looked, moved, and dreesed." — Sir Walter Scott (of Lodye's Portraits). " I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with...whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man." — Addison. " From hence the line of Alban fathers come, And the long glories of majestic Rome." —... | |
 | Manchester (England). Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857 - 1857 - Počet stránok 338
...dressed." — Sir Walter Scott (of Lodge's Portraits). " I have observed that a reader seldom pernses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man." — Addison. " From henee the line of Alban fathers come, And the long glories of majestic Eome." —... | |
 | 1859 - Počet stránok 792
...one of our standard medical classics, is far beyond any praise or criticism of mine. Mr. Addison says that " a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...very much to the right understanding of an author." * I have endeavored, in preceding "Notes," to gratify this excusable curiosity, and have occasionally... | |
 | A. De Puy Van Buren - 1859 - Počet stránok 336
...of eloquence.' BYRON. Addison makes his " spectator" remark, rather in joke than earnest, "that the reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he...married or a bachelor," with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to a right understanding of the author. That is, there is 'a... | |
 | Charles Selby - 1859 - Počet stránok 424
...of the "Spectator," says, " I have hobserved that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a...other particulars of the like nature, that conduce wery much to the right hunderstanding of an hauthor." Now, thof this ere sentiment war meant in fun,... | |
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I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very... 
