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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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Masterpieces of British Literature: Ruskin: Macaulay: Brown: Tennyson ...

Horace Elisha Scudder - 1895 - 530 pages
...epithet was under twenty-five. mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. 1 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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English Essays

J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 324 pages
...mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed l. 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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The Age of Pope

John Dennis - 1896 - 276 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 Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the chair at a quarter-session with great abilities...
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English Essays

J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 362 pages
...mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed l. 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 from the Spectator of Addison and Steele

A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 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 a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the...
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The Forms of Discourse with an Introductory Chapter on Style

William B. Cairns - 1896 - 382 pages
...mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed ; his tenants grow rich, his 30 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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Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian

Sir Richard Steele - 1896 - 580 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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Coverley Papers from the Spectator

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1897 - 234 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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Selections from the Spectator

1897 - 282 pages
...behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look Hj1tisded, all the young women profess love to him, and the young...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 Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1898 - 264 pages
...mankind; but there is 15 such a mirthful cast in his behavior that he is rather beloved than esteemed.* His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...When he comes into a house he calls the servants by 20 their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit that Sir Roger is a justice...
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