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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... "
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A Book for a Corner; Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volumes 1-2

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 470 pages
...and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow...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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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

English literature - 1852 - 248 pages
...and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow...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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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow...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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A Book for a Corner, Or Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

Leigh Hunt - English literature - 1852 - 460 pages
...town and country; a great lover of mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow...way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Eoger is Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the chair at a Quarter Session with great ability; and...
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The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory ...

1853 - 524 pages
...upon it; but the superstructure did not come."—Boswell's Life of Johnson, vol. ii. p. 376, 3rd edit. 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 be fills the...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]: with a biogr. and critical preface ...

Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...it ; but the superstructure did not come." — Boswell's Life of Johnson, vol. ii. p. 376, 3rd edit 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 Spectator [by J. Addison and others] with sketches of the ..., Volumes 1-2

Spectator The - 1853 - 596 pages
...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...the young women profess love to him, and the young * A noted sharper, swaggerer, and debauchee, well known in Black Friars and its then infamous purlieus,...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - English language - 1853 - 446 pages
...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 servants look satisfied ; all the jroung women profess love to him ; and all the young men are glad of his company. When he comes into...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ...

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 568 pages
...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...the servants by their names, and talks all the way upstairs to a visit. I must not omit, that Sir Eoger is a justice of the quorum ; that he fills the...
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The History of English Literature: With an Outline of the Origin and Growth ...

William Spalding - English literature - 1854 - 446 pages
...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...satisfied; all the young women profess love to him ; and all the young men are glad of his company. "When he comes into a house he calls the servants by their...
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