 He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty ; keeps a good house both in town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...  The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers - Page 8by Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1914 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is sueh a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...servants look satisfied, all the young women profess lo\e to him, and the young men are glad of his company. When lie comes into a home he calls the servants... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 348 pages
...country ; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...men are glad of his company. When he comes into a * Then the most fashionable part of .the town. +• Dr. Johnson said, it appeared to him, ' that the... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...him, and the young men are glad of his company. When h« * At that time the genteelest part of the town. t This fellow was a noted sharper, swaggerer, and... | |
 | G. Hamonière - 1819 - 388 pages
...and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...young women profess love to him, and the young men art glad of his company. When he comes into a house lie calls the servants by their names, and talks... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. 0) an ill use of it ? To both which questions Alcibiades...might very probably be the offects of such a bless namesumd talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 356 pages
...country; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 632 pages
...country; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 pages
...country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,...and the young men are glad of his company. When he ' At that time the genteelest part of the town. comes into a house, he calls the servants by their... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 450 pages
...town, at the time here pointed out; he was well known in Black i'fiars, and its then infamous purlieus. comes into a house he calls the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum; that he fills the... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1824 - 310 pages
...mirthful cast in his beh.aviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich,his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum; that he fills the... | |
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