 ... monstrous face, under which, notwithstanding it was made to frown and stare in a most extraordinary manner, I could still discover a distant resemblance of my old friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it...  The British Essayists - Page 268edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to loquitur. I shall end this paper with that whole epigram, which represents with much humour 1 met with in any of my travels. — L. No. 12a} SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1711. Doctrina Md vim promovet... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual...replied, " That much might be said on both sides." 2. THE WORKS OF CREATION. I was yesterday, about sunset, walking in the open fields, until the night... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 pages
...Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual...replied, " That much might be said on both sides." 2. THE WORKS OF CREATION. I was yesterday, about sunset, walking in the open fields, until the night... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1860 - 404 pages
...3 seeing me laugh, desired me to tell -him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him 4 in that disguise. I at first kept my usual .silence ; but upon the knight's conjuring me 5 to tell him. whether it was not still more like himself than a 6 Saracen, I composed my countenance... | |
 | Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 pages
...friend. Sir Roger, upon seeing me laugh, desired me tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that disguise. I at first kept my usual...the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was still more like himself than a Saracen, I composed my countenance in the best manner I could and replied,... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1863 - 64 pages
...to think that everybody ought to be as much hardened to these vexations as himself. —Macaulay. 9. I at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not more like himself than a Saracen, I composed my countenance in the best manner I could, and replied,... | |
 | Alphonse Mariette - 1863 - 400 pages
...avait donne — 21 of, avec — B upon, en — a truly, franchement. for people to know him l in "2 that disguise. I at first kept my usual silence; but upon the knight's conjuring me 3 to tell him whether it was not still more like himself than a * Saracen, I composed my countenance... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1868 - 86 pages
...at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's conjuring me to tell him whether it was not more like himself than a Saracen, I composed my countenance...and replied, that much might be said on both sides. — Spectator. » Omitted in Exercise. 4. As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 610 pages
...laugh, desired me to tell him truly if I thought it possible for people to know him in that dis guise. I at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's...the knight's behaviour in them, gave me as pleasant aa day as ever I met with in any of my travels. L. No. 123. SATURDAY, JULY 21. Doctrina sed vim promovet... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1888 - 548 pages
...know him in that disguise. 1 at first kept my usual silence ; but upon the knight's con2 H 2 juring me to tell him whether it was not still more like...These several adventures, with the knight's behaviour iu them, gave me as pleasant1 a day as ever I met with in any of my travels. No. 123. SATURDAY, JFL?... | |
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