...always takes more interest in his hero, as was observed by the Spectator, when he knows whether he be "a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor." For the same reason, I have added, when in my power, the " local habitation " to the " name," as we...

...Spectator remark, rather in joke than earnest, 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." I am inclined to say nearly as much, without being in the least in joke. I think I understand an author...

...Spectator remark, rather in joke than earnest, 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." I am inclined to say nearly as much, without being in the least in joke. I think I understand an author...

...dehinc miracula promat. HoB. I HATE 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...

...dazzling miracles.— EOSOOMMOH. 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...mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in which Mr. Addison was happily induced to bear a part, the only...

...dazzling miracles. — KOSCOMXOH. 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...mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, • Of the three periodical papers, in -which Mr. Addison was happily induced to bear a part, the onl^...

...says, inhis *' Spectator," with playful truth, " 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 inild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of a like nature, that...

...observed, that a reader seldom peruse« a honk with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer :>! me in the fair sex was in (hose days more prevalent...influence over our actions, and is in many cases so i tlie light understanding of an author To gratify lh ч curiosity, which is so natural in a reader,...

...Scott (of Lodge's Portraits). " I have observed that a reader seldom pernses a book with pleasure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man." — Addison. " From henee the line of Alban fathers come, And the long glories of majestic Eome." —...

...a fair man, of a mild or a choleric disposition, married or a bachelor; with other particulars of a 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...