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" Square: it is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love, by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him. Before this disappointment, Sir Roger was what you call a fine gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Rochester... "
The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time - Page 72
by David Josiah Brewer - 1900
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1899 - 242 pages
...perverse, beautiful widow of the next county to him. Before this disappointment, Sir Roger was what 15 you call a fine gentleman ; had often supped with...Sir George Etherege, fought a duel upon his first coining to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him " youngster." But...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1901 - 264 pages
...oblige all who know him. When he is in town, he lives in Soho Square. It is said, he keeps himself a 15 bachelor, by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse...Sir George Etherege, fought a duel upon his first 20 coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffee house for calling him youngster. But,...
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Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization ..., Volume 1

David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 474 pages
...humor creates him no enemies, for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy; and his being unconfined to modes and forms makes him but the readier and more...Spectator, was at once appropriated by Addison. The eisay by Steele Is given here to make those which follow from Addisoa more intelligible in their connection...
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... Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1902 - 560 pages
...humour creates him no enemies, for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes and forms, makes him but the readier and...his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him youngster. But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow,...
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The Reign of Queen Anne, Volume 2

Justin McCarthy - 1902 - 390 pages
...essay gives us some further insight into the life and character of Sir Roger by telling us that it was said " he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was...his first coming to town, and kicked bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him youngster." Another note in the same edition informs the world,...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1902 - 264 pages
...disappointment, Sir Roger was what you call a fine 1 But six others and more cry out together with one voice. gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Rochester...his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him ' 'youngster. ' ' But being illused by the above-mentioned...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1903 - 256 pages
...disappointment, Sir Roger was what yon call a fine gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Eochester and Sir George Etherege, fought a duel upon his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him "youngster." But being illused by the above-mentioned widow,...
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Essays of Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele - 1902 - 386 pages
...was what you call a fine gentleman, had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etheredge, fought a duel upon his first coming to town, and kicked bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him youngster. But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow,...
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A History of English Literature in a Series of Biographical Sketches

William Francis Collier - 1902 - 592 pages
...what you call a fine gentleman, — had often supped with my Lord Rochester and Sir George Etlierege, fought a duel upon his first coming to town, and kicked bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him youngster. But, being illused by the above-mentioned widow,...
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Sir Roger de Coverley: Essays from the "Spectator"

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1904 - 426 pages
...humour creates him no enemies, for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes and forms, makes him but the readier and...his first coming to town, and kicked Bully Dawson in a public coffee-house for calling him youngster. But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow,...
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