 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 6by Joseph Addison - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1876 - 324 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... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 462 pages
...on these subjects. In. the Spectator perfect neutrality in politics was promised, unless, indeed, " I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side." 1 Gay, in The Present State of Wit, says that most people judged the true cause of the cessation of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1889 - 554 pages
...economy, business, and diversions 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1890 - 220 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1891 - 498 pages
...economy, business, and diversions 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 252 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 364 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 164 pages
...economy, business, and diversion of others, bet)ter than those who are engaged in them ; as standers-by discover blots, which are apt to escape those who...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,5 unless time. During the Stuart rebellion, in 1745, it was frequented largely by Jacobites.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 168 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...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,5 unless time. During the Stuart rebellion, in 1745, it was frequented largely by Jacobites.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1892 - 160 pages
...structure dates from 1869. 5 The Whigs composed one of the two leading political parties in England. I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities...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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