The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator"Longmans, Green, and Company, 1896 - 174 |
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Strona xix
... discourse upon a matter which I at first men- tioned as a trifle , viz . , the death of Mr. Partridge , under whose name there is an almanac come out for the year 1709 , in one page of which it is asserted by the said John Partridge ...
... discourse upon a matter which I at first men- tioned as a trifle , viz . , the death of Mr. Partridge , under whose name there is an almanac come out for the year 1709 , in one page of which it is asserted by the said John Partridge ...
Strona xxxix
... discourses is a person who is too fondly my friend ever to own them ; but I should little deserve to be his , if I usurped the glory of them . I must acknowledge at the same time , that I think the finest strokes of wit and humor in all ...
... discourses is a person who is too fondly my friend ever to own them ; but I should little deserve to be his , if I usurped the glory of them . I must acknowledge at the same time , that I think the finest strokes of wit and humor in all ...
Strona 1
... the Spectator was called by Addi- son a prefatory discourse - a term which he extended to the second number also - and forms a fitting introduction to the de Coverley papers . 2 See Appendix . 2 this work . As the chief trouble of ...
... the Spectator was called by Addi- son a prefatory discourse - a term which he extended to the second number also - and forms a fitting introduction to the de Coverley papers . 2 See Appendix . 2 this work . As the chief trouble of ...
Strona 10
... have names equally appropriate . Is this a satire upon the jester or upon those who laugh at his jests ? Is this false or true ; and why ? the perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that 10 SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY.
... have names equally appropriate . Is this a satire upon the jester or upon those who laugh at his jests ? Is this false or true ; and why ? the perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that 10 SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY.
Strona 11
Joseph Addison Daniel Ozro Smith Lowell. the perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortunes himself , and says that England may be richer than other kingdoms by as plain ...
Joseph Addison Daniel Ozro Smith Lowell. the perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortunes himself , and says that England may be richer than other kingdoms by as plain ...
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