The Spectator, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Addison, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1333236883 ISBN 13: 9781333236885

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Spectator

The Annotator hopes to be able foon, to give a circumltantial and well-authenticated account of the ical lady alluded to under the cha racter of this Widow.

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Excerpt from The Spectator, Vol. 1

The Annotator hopes to be able foon, to give a circumltantial and well-authenticated account of the ical lady alluded to under the cha racter of this Widow.

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Excerpt from The Spectator, Vol. 1

The gentleman next in cfleem and authority among us is another bachelor, who is a member of the Inner Temple; a man of great probity, wit, and underftand ing; but he has chofen his place Of refidence rather to obey the direction of an Old humourfome father, than in purfuit of his own inclinations. He was placed there to findy the laws Of the land, and is the molt learned of any of the houfe in thofe of the Rage. Ariltotle and Lon ginus are much better underflood by him than Littleton or Coke. The father feuds up every polt queftions res Iating to marriagearticles, leafes, and tenures, in the neighbourhood; all which queliions he agrees with an attorney to anfwer and take care Of in the lump. He is fiudying the paflions themfelves when he lhould be enquiring into the debates among men which arife from them. He knows the argument Of each Of the orations of Demoflhenes and Tully, but not one cafe in the reports of our own courts. NO one ever took him for a fool, bur none except his intimate freinds, know he has a great deal Of wit. This turn makes him at once both difinterefled and agreeable. As few of his thoughts are drawn from bufinefs, they are molt Of them fit for converfation. His talte Of books is a little too jult for the age he lives in; he has read all, but approves Of very few. His familiarity with the cultoms, manners, actions, and writings Of the ancients, makes him a very delicate Obferver of what occurs to him in the prefent world. He is an excellent critick, and the time of the play is his hour Of bufinefs; exactly at five he paffes through new-inn, erotics through ruffel-court, and takes a turn at vvill's till the play begins; he has his thoes rubbed and his periwig powdered at the barber's as you go into the Rofe It is for the good Of the audience when he is at a play, for the actors have an ambition to pleafe him.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1333236883
• ISBN 13: 9781333236885
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 354
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