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" 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, his... "
The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with a biogr. and critical preface ... - Page 12
by Spectator The - 1853
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A Book for a Corner, Or Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 460 pages
...mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich; his servants look satisfied...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Eoger is Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volume 1

1852 - 460 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich ; his servants look satisfied...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the...
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Sir Roger de Coverley

Joseph Addison - 1852 - 264 pages
...Mankind ; but there is such a mirthful Cast in his Behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His Tenants grow rich, his Servants look satisfied,...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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Sir Roger de Coverley

Joseph Addison - 1852 - 266 pages
...Mankind ; but there is such a mirthful Cast in his Behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His Tenants grow rich, his Servants look satisfied,...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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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - 1852 - 470 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich ; his servants look satisfied...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the...
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The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory ...

1853 - 524 pages
...intended to have something superinduced upon it; but the superstructure did not come."—Boswell's Life of Johnson, vol. ii. p. 376, 3rd edit. His tenants...way upstairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir ROGER is a justice of the quorum; that be fills the chair at a quarter-session with great abilities;...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - 1853 - 446 pages
...tenants grow rich ; his servants look satisfied ; all the jroung women profess love to him ; and all the young men are glad of his company. When he comes...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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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Volumes 1-2

Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...character of Captain Hackum, in Shadwell's comedy called the Squire of Alsutia, was drawn. VoL. I.— 8 men are glad of his company; when he comes into a...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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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ...

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 568 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed : his tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied...way upstairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Eoger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the chair at a quarter-session with great abilities,...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed : his tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied...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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