 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1894 - 462 pages
...husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by...exact neutrality between the whigs and tories, unless Í shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1896 - 256 pages
...and selling coffee : hence the name. " A penny weekly newspaper. 3 Note the two antithetical words. apt to escape those who are in the game. I never espoused...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,1 unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 pages
...or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them — as standers-by...which are apt to escape those who are in the game. ... In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life, as a looker-on, which is the character I intend... | |
 | A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 pages
...or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by...blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the * Child's coffee-house was in St. Paul's church-yard, and the resort of the clergy ; St. James's stood... | |
 | 1896 - 774 pages
...beyond .... The breezy call .... Here rests his head .... 5. Explain the following allusions : — (a) Standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who are in the game. (J) A young Commoner that said a lively thing in the House. (c) Buried in the plains of Blenheim, or... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 408 pages
...or a Father, and can discern the Errors in the (Economy, Business, and Diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as Standers-by...which are apt to escape those who are in the Game. . . In short, I have acted in all the parts of my Life as a Looker-on, which is the Character I intend... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 406 pages
...or a Father, and can discern the Errors in the (Economy, Business, and Diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as Standers-by...which are apt to escape those who are. in the Game. . . In short, I have acted in all the parts of my Life as a Looker-on, which is the Character I intend... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1898 - 264 pages
...business, and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them : as standers-by discover 20 blots which are apt to escape those who are in the...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories2 unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 828 pages
...economy, business, and diversions of others, belter than those who are engaged in them — as standcrs-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game. ... In short, I have acted, in all the parts of my life, as a looker-on, which is the character I intend... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1899 - 222 pages
...better than those who are engaged in them: as standers-by discover .blots, which are apt to escape 5 those who are in the game. I never espoused any party...either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts 10 of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper. I have given... | |
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I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the oeconomy, business., and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who... 
