...doute distinguer de ceux qui l'ont précédé. THE BEAUTIES or THE SPECTATOR. Portrait of the Author. I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book...with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it he a black or a fair man, married or a bachelor, of a mild or choleric disposition, with other particulars...

...remark, that a reader seldom perused a book with pleasure, until he knew whether the writer of it was a black or a fair man, of a mild or a choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like instructive and interesting nature. The existence of this curiosity in the mind of the public...

...instructive, and certainly as moral, as any of those above-mentioned. " I have observed," says Addison, " 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 a like nature, that conduce...

...interesting as well as instructive. What Addison says in jest, and with his usual humour, is true in fact : " I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book...till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." What passages in Horace are more...

...peruses a book with pleasure, until he knows whether the writer be a fair or a black man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with...very much to the right understanding of an author." Regarding these particulars, I was considerably struck with the heat of apparent feeling, which pervaded...

...glorious light. And, without raising expectation high, Surprises us with dazzling miracles. ROSCOMMOK. 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, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce...

...glorious light, And (without raising expectation high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles.— ROSCOMMON. 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, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce...

...glorious light, And (without raising expectation high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles. ROSCOMMON. A 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, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce...

...light, And (without raising expectation high) Surprises us with dazzling miracles. — HOSCOMMON. J. 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, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce...

...There tire, who to my person] What Addison says in jest, and with his usual humour, is true in fact : " I have observed that a reader seldom peruses a book...till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." What passages in Horace are more...