The Spectator, Svazek 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - Počet stran: 313 |
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Strana 11
... Fortunes : The fame little Mind was infolent in Riches , and fhameless in Po- verty . This Accident made me mufe upon the Circum- ftance of being in Debt in general , and folve in my Mind what Tempers were moit apt to fall into this ...
... Fortunes : The fame little Mind was infolent in Riches , and fhameless in Po- verty . This Accident made me mufe upon the Circum- ftance of being in Debt in general , and folve in my Mind what Tempers were moit apt to fall into this ...
Strana 12
... Fortune . One would think he did not know , that his Creditor can fay the worst thing imaginable of him , to wit , That he is unjust , without Defamation ; and can feize his Perfon , without being guilty of an Affault . Yet fuch is the ...
... Fortune . One would think he did not know , that his Creditor can fay the worst thing imaginable of him , to wit , That he is unjust , without Defamation ; and can feize his Perfon , without being guilty of an Affault . Yet fuch is the ...
Strana 13
... Fortune , his Reputation , his Time and his Capa- city , are at any Man's Service that comes firft . When he was at School , he was whipped thrice a Week for Faults he took upon him to excufe others ; fince he came came into the ...
... Fortune , his Reputation , his Time and his Capa- city , are at any Man's Service that comes firft . When he was at School , he was whipped thrice a Week for Faults he took upon him to excufe others ; fince he came came into the ...
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... Fortune is fo " much the Purfuit of Mankind , that all Glory and Ho- nour is in the Power of a Prince , because he has the " Distribution of their Fortunes . It is therefore the " Inadvertency , Negligence , or Guilt of Princes , to let ...
... Fortune is fo " much the Purfuit of Mankind , that all Glory and Ho- nour is in the Power of a Prince , because he has the " Distribution of their Fortunes . It is therefore the " Inadvertency , Negligence , or Guilt of Princes , to let ...
Strana 24
... Fortune of a Stranger , from the Features and Lineaments of his Face . We are no fooner presented to any one we never faw before , but we are immediately ftruck with the Idea of a proud , a referved , an affable , or a good - natured ...
... Fortune of a Stranger , from the Features and Lineaments of his Face . We are no fooner presented to any one we never faw before , but we are immediately ftruck with the Idea of a proud , a referved , an affable , or a good - natured ...
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Strana 154 - Upon this my friend with his usual cheerfulness related the particulars above-mentioned, and ordered the head to be brought into the room. I could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this...
Strana 285 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it. to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Strana 102 - ... himself. He now and then presents a pair of garters of his own knitting to their mothers or sisters ; and raises a great deal of mirth among them, by inquiring as often as he meets them
Strana 87 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Strana 116 - Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them in almost every sermon that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Strana 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it," said I, " and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and, upon...
Strana 287 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Strana 286 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Strana 95 - ... as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him : by this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master.
Strana 286 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest...