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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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by Half hours - 1856
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English Essays

J. H. Lobban - English essays - 1896 - 324 pages
...mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed l. 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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Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian

Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1896 - 580 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 10 young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company. When he comes into a...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers from "The Spectator"

Joseph Addison - Readers - 1897 - 258 pages
...mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior that he is rather beloved than esteemed.4 His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...I must not omit that Sir Roger is a justice of the quorum;5 that he fills the chair at a quarter-session6 with great 1 Both " fine gentlemen" who lived...
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Coverley Papers from the Spectator

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - Literary Criticism - 1897 - 234 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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Selections from the Works of Sir Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele - Irish literature - 1897 - 298 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...to him, and the young men are glad of his company. 5 When he comes into a house, he calls the servants by their names, and talks all the way up-stairs...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 392 pages
...Mankind,' but there is such a mirthful Cast In his Behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed i His Tenants grow rich, his Servants look satisfied,...to him, and the young Men are glad of his Company j When he comes into a House he calls the Servants by their Names, and talks all the way up Stairs...
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Selections from the Works of Sir Richard Steele

Sir Richard Steele - Readers - 1897 - 298 pages
...look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company. 5 When he comes into a house, he calls 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 International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from ..., Volume 8

Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 578 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...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 chair...
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The Spectator, Volume 1

George Atherton Aitken - 1898 - 490 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 Roger is a Justice of the Quorum ; that he fills the...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From "The Spectator"

Joseph Addison - 1900 - 254 pages
...mankind; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behavior that he is rather beloved than esteemed.4 His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied,...way up stairs to a visit. I must not omit that Sir Koger is a justice of the quorum; 3 that he fills the chair at a quarter-session6 with great 'Both...
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