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" He is now in his fifty-sixth year, cheerful, gay, and hearty; keeps a good house both in town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his... "
The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from "The Spectator" - Page 8
by Joseph Addison - 1896 - 174 pages
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The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis ..., Volume 6

Julian Hawthorne - 1902 - 476 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich ; his servants look satisfied...stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the chair at a quarter session with great ability ; and three...
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The Age of Pope (1700-1744)

John Dennis - 1906 - 286 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...the servants by their names, and talks all the way upstairs to a visit. I must not omit that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the...
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The British classical authors: with biographical notices. On the basis of a ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 pages
...mankind; but there is such a eo mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...the young women profess love to him, and the young 66 men are glad of his company. When he comes into a house, he calls the servants by their names, and...
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Sir Roger de Coverley Papers in the Spectator

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - 1906 - 284 pages
...mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women 20 profess to love him, and the young men are glad of his company. When he comes into a house, he calls...
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The Scrap Book, Volume 3

1907 - 668 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior that he is rather to be loved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up-stairs to a visit. I must not omit that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum; that he fills the...
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Essays

Sir Richard Steele - 1907 - 392 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...the servants by their names, and talks all the way upstairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the...
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Sir Roger de Coverley and the Spectator's Club

Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison - 1908 - 208 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...the servants by their names, and talks all the way up-stairs to a visit. I must not omit that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum : that he fills the...
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The Life and Characters of Sir Thomas Overbury: Inaugural Dissertation ...

Charles Edward Gough - 1909 - 226 pages
...comes to the worst." 1 Though the Knight is openhanded with money, (unlike the Country Gentleman), " When he comes into a House he calls the Servants by...Names, and talks all the way Up Stairs to a Visit." 2 It is not in London that Sir Roger loses his purse. The Gypsies pick his pocket while the fortune-teller...
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English Composition: With Chapters on Précis Writing, Prosody and Style

William Murison - 1910 - 416 pages
...mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the chair at a quarter-session with great abilities, and three months ago gained universal...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 pages
...esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all tlic young women profess love to him, ami r upstairs to a visit. 1 must not omit, that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum;* that he fills the...
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