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" I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as... "
The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison - Page 6
by Joseph Addison - 1811
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Miscellanies...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...eeonomy, business, and diversious of others, better than those who are engaged in them— us standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game. ... In short, I have aeted, in all the parts of my life, as a looker-on, which is the charaeter I intend...
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Leaven, which all religious sectarians ... may take and knead up with the ...

Leaven - 1874 - 116 pages
...VIII. — FAREWELL, — WHICH INCLUDES VERY MUCH SUGGESTED IN PREVIOUS CHAPTERS 102 LEAVEN. Standers-by discover Blots, which are apt to escape those who...Violence, and am resolved to observe an exact Neutrality * * * * unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the Hostilities of either Side. — ADDISOJT...
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The Civil Service Handbook of English Literature: For the Use of Candidates ...

Austin Dobson - 1874 - 332 pages
...(Economy, 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 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...
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Selections from Addison's papers contributed to the Spectator, ed. by T. Arnold

Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which 20 are apt to escape those who are in the game. I never...short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper. I have given the reader just...
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Selections from Addison's Papers Contributed to the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them; as standers-by discover blots,.which :o are apt to escape those who are in the game. I never...short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper. I have given the reader just...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's ...

Joseph Addison - 1880 - 618 pages
...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...either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts of my_life as a looker-OHj which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper. I have given the...
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Complete Works, Volume 8

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 pages
...economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them — as slandersby 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...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 pages
...economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them — as slandersby 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...
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An Examination of the Functional Elements of an English Sentence: Together ...

William Garmonsway Wrightson - 1882 - 262 pages
...come dashing down on a tall wayside flower, that [ = and it] shook beneath .them.' — Tennyson. ' I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which [ = and this] is the character I intend to preserve' — Addison. ' It was the Phoenicians...
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Sir Roger de Coverley. Reimpr. from The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1883 - 224 pages
...(Economy, 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...short, I have acted in all the Parts of my Life as a Looker-on, which is the Character I intend to preserve in this Paper. " I have given the Reader just...
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