The Spectator, Svazek 2 |
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Strana 6
To speak disrespectfully of any woman is expulsion from our gentle society . As we are at present all of us gownmen , instead of duelling when we are rivals , we drink together the health of our mistress .
To speak disrespectfully of any woman is expulsion from our gentle society . As we are at present all of us gownmen , instead of duelling when we are rivals , we drink together the health of our mistress .
Strana 13
My Lady Ample is the most miserable woman in the world , purely of her own making . She even grudges herself meat and drink , for fear she should thrive by them ; and is constantly crying out , “ In a quarter of a year more I shall be ...
My Lady Ample is the most miserable woman in the world , purely of her own making . She even grudges herself meat and drink , for fear she should thrive by them ; and is constantly crying out , “ In a quarter of a year more I shall be ...
Strana 17
She receive ed such language with that ingenuous and pleasing mirth , which is natural to a woman without design . He still VOL . II . B sighed sighed in vain for Lætitia , but found certain relief NO . 33 . 17 TIIE SPECTATOR .
She receive ed such language with that ingenuous and pleasing mirth , which is natural to a woman without design . He still VOL . II . B sighed sighed in vain for Lætitia , but found certain relief NO . 33 . 17 TIIE SPECTATOR .
Strana 18
Perhaps this raillery is pursued too far , yet it is turned upon a very obvious remark , that woman's strongest passion is for her own beauty , and that she values it as her favourite distinction . From hence & * Mr. JOHN HUGHES . it is ...
Perhaps this raillery is pursued too far , yet it is turned upon a very obvious remark , that woman's strongest passion is for her own beauty , and that she values it as her favourite distinction . From hence & * Mr. JOHN HUGHES . it is ...
Strana 19
“ That no woman can be handsome by the force of features alone , 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 ...
“ That no woman can be handsome by the force of features alone , 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 ...
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