 | George Monkland - 1854 - 126 sivua
...always takes more interest in his hero, as was observed by the Spectator, when he knows whether he be "a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." For the same reason, I have added, when in my power, the " local habitation " to the " name," as we... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 568 sivua
...reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or u fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author. To gratifv this curiosity,... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1855 - 570 sivua
...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...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." I am inclined to... | |
 | Hugh Miller - 1855 - 560 sivua
...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...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." I am inclined to... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 sivua
...fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat. HoB. I HATE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author. To gratify this curiosity,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 sivua
...(without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles.— EOSOOMMOH. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...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 - 628 sivua
...(without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles. — KOSCOMXOH. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure,...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 - 1048 sivua
...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 - 780 sivua
...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...of death. If modesty ha» во great an influence the like nature, that conduce very much to tlie light understanding of an author To gratify lh ч curiosity,... | |
 | 1859 - 792 sivua
...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,...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." * I have endeavored,... | |
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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... 
