The Spectator, Svazek 2 |
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Strana 19
... any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech : • That pride destroys all symmetry and grace , and affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small - pox : That no woman is capable of being beautiful ...
... any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech : • That pride destroys all symmetry and grace , and affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small - pox : That no woman is capable of being beautiful ...
Strana 31
We hope , Sir , you will give proper notice to the town that we are endeavouring at these regulations ; and that we intend for the future to show no monsters , but men who are converted into such by their own industry and affectation .
We hope , Sir , you will give proper notice to the town that we are endeavouring at these regulations ; and that we intend for the future to show no monsters , but men who are converted into such by their own industry and affectation .
Strana 39
... and absurdity in the other , by the mere force of affectation . The fair one had something in her person upon which her thoughts were fixed , that she attempted to she'v tu advantage in every look , word , and gesture .
... and absurdity in the other , by the mere force of affectation . The fair one had something in her person upon which her thoughts were fixed , that she attempted to she'v tu advantage in every look , word , and gesture .
Strana 40
These unhappy effects of affectation , naturally led me to look into that strange state of mind which so generally discolours the behaviour of most people we meet with . The learned Dr. Burnet , in his Theory of the Earth , takes ...
These unhappy effects of affectation , naturally led me to look into that strange state of mind which so generally discolours the behaviour of most people we meet with . The learned Dr. Burnet , in his Theory of the Earth , takes ...
Strana 41
This , perhaps , cannot be called affectation ; but it has some tincture of it , at least so far , as that their fear of erring in a thing of no consequence , argues they would be too much pleased in performning it .
This , perhaps , cannot be called affectation ; but it has some tincture of it , at least so far , as that their fear of erring in a thing of no consequence , argues they would be too much pleased in performning it .
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