 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1886 - 914 pages
...economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them — as slanders. by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game. . . . In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life, as a looker-on, which is the character I... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1889 - 554 pages
...theory of a husband or a father, andean discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them...which are apt to escape those who are in the game. ... In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life, as a looker-on, which is the character I intend... | |
 | George Atherton Aitken - 1889 - 462 pages
...on these subjects. In. the Spectator perfect neutrality in politics was promised, unless, indeed, " I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side." 1 Gay, in The Present State of Wit, says that most people judged the true cause of the cessation of... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1891 - 498 pages
...theory of a husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversions of others, better than those who are engaged in them...which are apt to escape those who are in the game. ... In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life, as a looker-on, which is the character I intend... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - English essays - 1892 - 164 pages
...very well versed in the theory of a husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others, bet)ter than those...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,5 unless time. During the Stuart rebellion, in 1745, it was frequented largely by Jacobites.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - English essays - 1892 - 168 pages
...very well versed in the theory of a husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others, better than those...observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories,5 unless time. During the Stuart rebellion, in 1745, it was frequented largely by Jacobites.... | |
 | William Wheeler - Spectator - 1892 - 200 pages
...ISHMENT. MERCY : PARRICIDE ; PUNCrimp, Game of. 496-2-12,201654-2. Crincum Crancum. See BENCH. Criticism. Standers-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game. 5-1-2Moliere used to read his comedies to his old housekeeper. 114-1-1. Addison's observations on.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1893 - 204 pages
...very well versed in the theory of a husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy,2 business, and diversion of others, better than those who are engaged in them: as standers-by discover blots,3 which are apt to escape those who are in the game. I never espoused any party with violence,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1894 - 462 pages
...very well versed in the theory of a husband or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others, better than those...exact neutrality between the whigs and tories, unless Í shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all... | |
 | Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the economy, business, and diversion of others better than those who are engaged in them ; as standere-by discover blots which are apt to escape those who are in the game. I never espoused any... | |
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I have made myself a speculative statesman, soldier, merchant, and artisan, without ever meddling with any practical part in life. I am very well versed in the theory of a husband, or a father, and can discern the errors in the eeconomy, business, and... 
