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" With this candour does the gentleman speak of himself and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation of which he is very agreeable to the company... "
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Selections from the Tatler, Spectator and Guardian

Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1885 - 568 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...utmost degree below him ; nor ever too obsequious, from a habit of obeying men highly above him. 30 But that our society may not appear a set of humourists,...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has ~ '.*' ! a habit of obeying men highly above him. But that our society may not appear a set Df humorists unacquainted...
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The Spectator: Selected Papers

Sir Richard Steele - 1876 - 324 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...unacquainted with the gallantries and pleasures of i the age, we have among us the gallant Will Honeycomb, a gentleman, who, according to his years, should...
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Selections in English Prose from Elizabeth to Victoria (1580-1880).

James Mercer Garnett - English literature - 1890 - 730 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...utmost degree below him, nor ever too obsequious, from a habit of obeying men highly above him. quainted with the gallantries and pleasures of the age, we...
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Sir Roger de Coverley Papers: From the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1890 - 220 pages
...through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, iu the relation of which he is very agreeable to the...utmost degree below him ; nor ever too obsequious, from a habit of obeying men highly above him. But that our society may not appear a set of humourists, unacquainted...
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Selections from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1892 - 256 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...that our society may not appear a set of humourists unacqxiainted with the gallantries and pleasures of the age, we have among us the gallant Will. Honeycomb,...
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Select Essays of Addison: Together with Macaulay's Essay on Addison's Life ...

Joseph Addison - 1892 - 364 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...him. But, that our society may not appear a set of humorists, unacquainted with the gallantries and pleasures of the age, we have among us the gallant...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - English essays - 1892 - 164 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...to command men in the utmost degree below him ; nor c'l' er too obsequious, from a habit of obeying men highly above him. But that our society may not...
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The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, from the Spectator

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Eustace Budgell - English essays - 1892 - 168 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...the company ; for he is never overbearing, though accus- ' tomed to command men in the utmost degree below him ; nor ever too obseojiiaus, from a habit...
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Selections from the Spectator

Joseph Addison - English essays - 1892 - 252 pages
...and others. The same frankness runs through all his conversation. The military part of his life has furnished him with many adventures, in the relation...of which he is very agreeable to the company ; for lie is never over-bearing, though accustomed to command men in the utmost degree below him ; nor ever...
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