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  • In these his character is well maintained, as, for example, at the meeting of the club described in _Spectator_ 34, where he warns the Spectator not to meddle with country squires, but they add no traits to the portrait we already have of him.

    The Coverley Papers Various

  • When Philips's _Distressed Mother_, a close imitation of Racine's _Andromaque_, was preparing for the stage, the Spectator was taken by Will Honeycomb to a rehearsal (_Spectator_, January 31, 1712), and Sir Roger de Coverley himself attended one of the performances

    Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series Leslie Stephen 1868

  • Budgell certainly says of Theophrastus that he 'was the Spectator of the age he lived in; he drew the pictures of particular men', but Tickell, who was Addison's friend and literary executor, speaks expressly of 'the feigned person of the Author, and of the several characters that compose his club', and the Spectator himself in two papers exhorts every reader 'never to think of himself or any one of his friends or enemies aimed at in what is said', [Footnote: _Spectator_ 34] for 'when I draw a faulty character I ... take care to dash it with such particular circumstances as may prevent all such ill-natured applications.'

    The Coverley Papers Various

  • Spectator: _ Your paper is a part of my tea-equipage, and my servant knows my humor so well that, calling for my breakfast this morning (it being past my usual hour), she answered, the _Spectator_ was not come in, but that the tea-kettle boiled, and she expected it every minute. "

    The Little Tea Book Arthur Gray

  • The conservative American Spectator is also warning Republicans that a Romney presidential bid could undermine any effort to repeal the national law.

    Think Progress » Pataki Calls RomneyCare ‘Unconstitutional,’ Joins Growing Conservative Opposition To Mass. Reform 2010

  • I saw in Spectator that Israel has some decent scores and gave it a whirl.

    Wine Blogging Wednesday #56 Fine Kosher Wines 2009

  • If you are for regulating any industry for any reason, the Spectator is ready to assault you; Red baiting is just par for the course.

    Discourse.net: Jotwell: Third Party Beneficiary Law Meets Virtual Worlds 2009

  • Michael Croteau, owner of Croteaux Vineyard (a rose-focused producer) doesn't sent wines to the magazine, however, telling me simply that sending wines to Wine Spectator is Not a priority.

    Should More Long Island Wineries Submit to Wine Spectator? (Part 1) 2009

  • Michael Croteau, owner of Croteaux Vineyard (a rose-focused producer) doesn't sent wines to the magazine, however, telling me simply that sending wines to Wine Spectator is Not a priority.

    LENNDEVOURS: 2009

  • Michael Croteau, owner of Croteaux Vineyard (a rose-focused producer) doesn't sent wines to the magazine, however, telling me simply that sending wines to Wine Spectator is Not a priority.

    Lenn Thompson 2009

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