The SpectatorPutnam, 1856 |
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... short , wherever I see cherished . Up to that time all his letters were addressed to the S. James's coffee - house , and those from Mrs. Johnston ( Stella ) were enclosed under cover to Addison . Elliot , who kept the house , acted ...
... short , wherever I see cherished . Up to that time all his letters were addressed to the S. James's coffee - house , and those from Mrs. Johnston ( Stella ) were enclosed under cover to Addison . Elliot , who kept the house , acted ...
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... short , I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker - on , which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper . I have given the reader just so much of my history and cha- racter , as to let him see I am not altogether ...
... short , I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker - on , which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper . I have given the reader just so much of my history and cha- racter , as to let him see I am not altogether ...
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... short in such a year : in a word , all his conversa- tion and knowledge has been in the female world . As other men of his age will take notice to you what such a minister said upon such and such an occasion , he will tell you when the ...
... short in such a year : in a word , all his conversa- tion and knowledge has been in the female world . As other men of his age will take notice to you what such a minister said upon such and such an occasion , he will tell you when the ...
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... short account of myself , I must let you know , that the design of this paper is to give you information of a certain irregular assembly which I think falls very properly under your observation , especially since the persons it is ...
... short account of myself , I must let you know , that the design of this paper is to give you information of a certain irregular assembly which I think falls very properly under your observation , especially since the persons it is ...
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... short , the whole design of this libidi- nous assembly , seems to terminate in assignations and intrigues ; and I hope you will take effectual methods , by your public ad- vice and admonitions , to prevent such a promiscuous multitude ...
... short , the whole design of this libidi- nous assembly , seems to terminate in assignations and intrigues ; and I hope you will take effectual methods , by your public ad- vice and admonitions , to prevent such a promiscuous multitude ...
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Էջ 82 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Էջ 12 - 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.
Էջ 222 - The noble earl was slain. He had a bow bent in his hand, Made of a trusty tree ; An arrow of a cloth-yard long Up to the head drew he...
Էջ 290 - I was walking with him last night, he asked me how I liked the good man whom I have just now mentioned ? and without staying for my answer told me. that he was afraid of being insulted with Latin and Greek at his own table ; for which reason he desired a particular friend of his at the university to find him out a clergyman rather of plain sense than much learning, of a good aspect, a clear voice, a sociable temper, and, if possible, a man that understood a little of back-gammon.
Էջ 289 - My chief companion, when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields, is a very venerable man, who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation : he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem ; so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Էջ 6 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.
Էջ 435 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me ; what then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him...
Էջ 291 - 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...
Էջ 288 - You see the goodness of the master even in the old house-dog, and in a gray pad that is kept in the stable with great care and tenderness out of regard to his past services, though he has been useless for several years.
Էջ 7 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...