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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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Readings from the Spectator. With notes

Joseph Addison - 1884 - 200 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. 4. 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 text-book of the Gurney system of shorthand, ed. by W.B. Gurney & sons

Thomas Gurney - 1884 - 120 pages
...His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young 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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Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian

Sir Richard Steele - 1885 - 568 pages
...he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the 10 young women profess love to him, and the young men...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 English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...esteemed. His tenants grow rich ; his servants look satisfied ; all the young women profess to love s me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. " Look no more," said he, " on man in the * How well Addison afterwards continued and amplified this original sketch, may be seen from the Coverley...
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Sir Roger de Coverley: Essays from the "Spectator."

Joseph Addison - 1887 - 216 pages
...than_£sifi£ined. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess to love himr 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 Sir Eoger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the...
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Eighteenth Century Essays

1888 - 266 pages
...is such a mirthful Cast in his Behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed : His Tenants prow rich, his Servants look satisfied, all the young Women...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 ho fills the...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Rosamond; The drummer; Cato. Poemata

Joseph Addison - 1888 - 606 pages
...a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed : his tenants grow ricb, his servants look satisfied ; all the young women...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: Selected Papers

Sir Richard Steele - 1876 - 324 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,...and the young men are glad of his company. When he conies into a house, he calls the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit....
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 16

Richard Garnett - 1890 - 448 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,...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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Selections in English Prose from Elizabeth to Victoria (1580-1880).

James Mercer Garnett - 1890 - 730 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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