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English humorists of the eighteenth century - Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith (1906) (14595994019)

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English humorists of the eighteenth century - Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith (1906) (14595994019)

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Title: English humorists of the eighteenth century : Sir Richard Steele, Joseph Addison, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729 Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719 Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774 Thackeray, William Makepeace, 1811-1863 Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, illus
Subjects: English literature English wit and humor
Publisher: New York : The Century co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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we,fervently cried out, It is not so much ovu- hberties, as our reUgion,that would suffer by such a change: ay, our rehgion, my lads. Maythe de\al sink me into flames, (such was the solemnity of his adju-ration), if the French should come over, but our religion would beutterly undone! — So saying, instead of a libation, he apphed thegoblet to his lips, and confirmed his sentiments ^^ith a ceremony ofthe most persevering devotion. In short, every man here pretends to be a poHtician; even the fairsex are sometimes found to mix the severity of national altercationwith the blandishments of love, and often become conquerors, bymore weapons of destruction than their eyes. This universal passion for poHtics is gratified by Daily Gazettes,as with us in China. But as in ours the Emperor endeavours toinstruct his people, m theirs the people endeavour to instruct theadministration. You must not, however, imagine, that they whocompile these papers have any actual knowledge of the poUtics, or396
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CITIZEN OF THE WORLD the government, of a state; they only collect their materials from theoracle of some coffee-house, which oracle has himself gathered themthe night before from a beau at a gaming-table, who has pillaged hisknowledge from a great mans porter, who has had his informationfrom the great mans gentleman, who has invented the whole storyfor his own amusement the night preceding. The English, in general, seem fonder of gaining the esteem thanthe love of those they converse with. This gives a formality to theiramusements: their gayest conversations have something too wisefor innocent relaxation: though in company you are seldom dis-gusted with the absurdity of a fool, you are seldom lifted into rap-ture by those strokes of vivacity, which give instant, though not per-manent, pleasure. What they want, however, in gaiety, they make up in poUteness.You smile at hearing me praise the English for their politeness; youwho have heard very different accounts from the missionaries a

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