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by William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 592 pages
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of Lectures

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1854 - 306 pages
...pace 'Change and the Mall1 — to mingle in that great club of the world — sitting alone in it 1 " I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book...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,...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - English literature - 1854 - 618 pages
...light. And (without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzling miracies. — ROSCOMMOX. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book...writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...light, And (without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzllng miracles. — KOSCOMUON. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book...writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ...

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 536 pages
...Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat. HOB. I HATE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with...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...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...And (without raising expectations high) Surprises as with dazzling miraeles.— Bosooiof off. I RAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with...writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison...
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An Autobiography: My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education

Hugh Miller - Education - 1854 - 600 pages
...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...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...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ...

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 568 pages
...-1710-11. Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, ut speciosa dehinc miracula promat. HoR. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book...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...
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An Autobiography: My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education

Hugh Miller - Education - 1855 - 570 pages
...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...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...
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An Autobiography: My Schools and Schoolmasters; Or, The Story of My Education

Hugh Miller - Education - 1855 - 560 pages
...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...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...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 pages
...glorious light, And (without raising expectations high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles.— EOSOOMMOH. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book...writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison...
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