 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]. - Page 94edited by - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Decoration and ornament - 1823 - 328 pages
...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...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to a right understanding of the author." This opinion of our... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...miracles to sight. Fiuvcrs. I HAVE observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure , until he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a...man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a batchelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the light understanding... | |
 | Music - 1818 - 564 pages
...gale. The Spectator says — "I hare observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a...man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a batchelor, wilh oilier particulars of the like nature, that conduce much to the right, understanding... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 370 pages
...dazzling miracles. ROSCOMMON. 1 HAVE observed, 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, which is so natural to a reader, I design this paper and my next, as prefatory... | |
 | G. Hamonière - 1819 - 388 pages
...the writer of it he a black or a fair man, married or a bachelor, of a mild or choleric disposition, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce...very much to the right understanding of an author. To gratify this curiosity, which is so natural to a reader, I design this paper and my next, as prefatory... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 602 pages
...book with pleasure, until he knew whether the writer of it was a black or a fair man, of a mild or a choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like instructive and interesting nature. The existence of this curiosity in the mind of the public is proved,... | |
 | Decorative arts - 1823 - 466 pages
...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...disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that conduce very much to 9. right understanding of the .author." This opinion of our... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses 1 shook with pleasure, till he knows whether the niter etherin a very beautiful order. At the end of the folios (which were finely bound and gilt) were gre puticulan of the like nature, that conduce mjrmach to the right understanding of an authar. Topttify... | |
 | 1822 - 666 pages
...reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, until he knows whether the writer be a fair or a black 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." Regarding these particulars,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 468 pages
...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," preecanum,... | |
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