 I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very...  The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]. - Seite 94herausgegeben von - 1807Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 Seiten
...a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." It is certain that... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 352 Seiten
...a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." It is certain that... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 Seiten
...seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows Wuether the writer of it be a black or a fair Btan, @ f To gratify this curiosity, which is so natoal to a reader, I design this paper and my next, as prefatory... | |
 | Pedestrian, John Aiton - 1842 - 406 Seiten
...reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." If this feeling required... | |
 | George Ellis - 1845 - 382 Seiten
...poetical excellence. Addison has observed, that " a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or cholerick disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1847 - 606 Seiten
...have observed," TEN says the Spectator, " that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, until he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a .like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author." There are few men... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 Seiten
...that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." What passages in Horace are more agreeable than when he tells us he was fat and sleek, " praecanum,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1850 - 252 Seiten
...dehinc mtracula promat. HOR. HAVE obferved, that a Reader feldom perufes a Book with Pleafure, until he knows whether the Writer of it be a black or a fair Man, of a mild or cholerick Difpofition, Married or a Bachelor, with other Particulars of the like Nature, that conduce... | |
 | 398 Seiten
...— SPENSKR. HAVE observed," says Addison,* "that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a...very much to the right understanding of an author." To gratify this curiosity, •hich he remarks " is so natural to a reader," he records the gravity... | |
 | 1851 - 608 Seiten
...the first number of the Spectator, observ&s that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author. Coleridge said, if he... | |
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