 | Joseph Warton - 1782 - 514 pages
...humour, is true in fad: : — *' I have obferved that a reader feldom perufes a book with pleafure, 'till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or cholerick difpofition, married or a batchelor." I will add, at the hazard of its being reckoned a trifling... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...HIGH) SOE7R1ZIS US WITH DAZZLING MIRACLES. RoSCOMMOK. I Have obferved, that a reader fcldom perufes a book with pleafurc, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric difpoGtion, married or а bachelor; with other particulars of the... | |
 | 1789 - 508 pages
...with dazzling miracles. ROSCOMMOK. I HAVE obferved, that a Reader feldom perufes a book with pleafure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric difpofition, mar* The laft paper of the genuine TATLER, N° 271,... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - 1792 - 286 pages
...Spectator fays, he has ©blerved, and what is it he has not obferved? that a reader feldom perufes a book till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a milder choleric difpofition. Now, as I wilh with all my heart to contribute to the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English literature - 1797 - 472 pages
...ufual humour, is true in faft : " I have obferved that a reader feldom perufes a book with pleafure till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or fair man, of a mild or choleric difpofition, married or a bachelor." What paflages in Horace are more agreeable than when he tells us he was fat... | |
 | English poets - 1801 - 446 pages
...his poetical excellence. Addison has 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... | |
 | Religion - 1815 - 892 pages
...Metropolitan Plalon. It has been remarked by Addison, " th»ta readt-r seldom peruses a hook with pleasure^ till he knows "whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, nf a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars' of the... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...with dazzling miracles. ROSCOMMON. 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 Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 504 pages
...ufual humour, is true in faft : " I have obferved that a reader feldom perufes a book with pleafore till he knows whether the writer of it be a black...more agreeable than when he tells us he was fat and fleek, " piaecanum, folibus-aptum," prone to anger, but foon appeafed. And again, how pleafing the... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 440 pages
...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." I will add, at the hazard of its being reckoned a trifling and... | |
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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... 
