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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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Addison

Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 pages
...esteemed. His tenants grow rich his sen-ants look satisfied all the young women profess love to 30 hlm' and the young men are glad of his company ; when he...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that S'r RĀ°Ser * a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the...
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Studies in English Literature

John Dennis - 1876 - 466 pages
...than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied; all the young women profess to love him, and the young men are glad of his company ; when...way upstairs to a visit. I must not omit that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the chair at a quarter-session with great abilities,...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 3; Volume 79

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...His Tenants grow rich, his Servants look satisfied, all the young Women profess Love to him, and tho young Men are glad of his Company : When he comes...the Servants by their Names, and talks all the way TTp 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 History of English Literature: In a Series of Biographical Sketches

William Francis Collier - 1877 - 560 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,...are glad of his company. When he comes into a house In; calls the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I roust not omit,...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...esteemed. His tenants grow rich ; his servants look satisfied ; all the young women profess to love e lights and shades, whose well-accorded strife Gives...Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes ; And when in a * How well Addison afterwards continued and amplified this original sketch, may be seen from the Coverley...
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Eighteenth Century Essays

Austin Dobson - 1882 - 324 pages
...there is such a ' mirthful Cast in his Behaviour, that he is rather ' beloved ' 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 ' R0GER is a Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the...
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Essays of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison - 1882 - 428 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 net omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the...
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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CENTURY ESSAYS

AUSTIN DOBSON - 1883 - 590 pages
...is such a ' mirthful Cast in his Behaviour, that he is rather 1 ' beloved ' 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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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed. and arranged by H. Morley

Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 488 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 ROOEK is a Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the...
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Sir Roger de Coverley. Reimpr. from The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1883 - 224 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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