 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...  An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope - Seite 289von Joseph Warton - 1782Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 Seiten
...usual humour, is true in fact: " I have observed 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... | |
 | 1823 - 466 Seiten
...above-mentioned. " I 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 fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 356 Seiten
...dazzling miracles. — HOSCOMMON. J. 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... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 884 Seiten
...with dazzling miracles. ROSCOMMOK. 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - 1824 - 498 Seiten
...usual humour, is true in fact : " I have observed 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... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 494 Seiten
...usual humour, is true in fact : "I have observed 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... | |
 | 874 Seiten
...and conduct. Or to use the words of the Spectator, " 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... | |
 | 1834 - 724 Seiten
...ICONES.— No. I. Mr. URBAN, — Addison has remarked that "a reader seldom penises 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... | |
 | 1836 - 932 Seiten
...with dazzling miracles, ftoftommon. I HAVE observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, h Addison a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1837 - 480 Seiten
...with dazzling miracles. Roscammon. 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... | |
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