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" As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and... "
Half-hours with the best authors, selected by C. Knight - Page 42
by Half hours - 1856
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Sir Roger de Coverley: From "The Spectator".

Joseph Addison - 1877 - 216 pages
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(The British readers). The first (-sixth) reader, ed. by T. Morrison. The ...

Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1878 - 328 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been...it, he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them. Several other of the...
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English Grammar, Historical and Analytical

Joseph Gostwick - 1878 - 528 pages
...Clauses.] ' As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order ; .... if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap...recovering out of it, he stands up and looks about him.' — ADDISON. ' If I were to assign the particular quality which conduces to that dreamy and voluptuous...
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Masterpieces of English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and ...

William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been...it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes 35 them himself or sends his servant to them. Several other of 8....
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in quainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger. He...his singularities proceed from his good sense, and anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them. Several other of the...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature..

William Minto - 1881 - 596 pages
...shut-up rooms of his house, by making the chaplain sleep in them. In church " he suffers nobody to sleep besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised...it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them ; " he lengthens out...
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Orthophony, Or, The Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: A Manual of ...

1882 - 328 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been...it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them. Several other of the...
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English Lessons, for Schoolroom Use

Kathleen Knox - 1882 - 156 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been...it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them. Several other of the...
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A Reader for the First - Eighth Grades

Clarence Franklin Carroll, Sarah Catherine Brooks - 1912 - 296 pages
...landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been...it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servant to them. Several other of the...
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Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 1

Elizabeth Lee - 1913 - 272 pages
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