The Spectator, Svazek 7J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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Strana 16
... fince , and asked me in his most serious Look , whether I would advise him to marry my Lady Betty Single , who , by the way , is one of the greatest For- tunes about Town . I ftar'd him full in the Face upon so strange a Question ; upon ...
... fince , and asked me in his most serious Look , whether I would advise him to marry my Lady Betty Single , who , by the way , is one of the greatest For- tunes about Town . I ftar'd him full in the Face upon so strange a Question ; upon ...
Strana 17
... fince I faw him . I forgot to tell you that he has black Eyes , and looks upon me now ⚫ and then as if he had Tears in them . And yet my Friends are fo unreasonable , that they would have me ⚫ be uncivil to him . I have a good Portion ...
... fince I faw him . I forgot to tell you that he has black Eyes , and looks upon me now ⚫ and then as if he had Tears in them . And yet my Friends are fo unreasonable , that they would have me ⚫ be uncivil to him . I have a good Portion ...
Strana 32
... fince he went out . No longer than yesterday I was prevail'd with to go hone with a fond Hufband ; and his Wife told him , that his Son , of his own head , when the Clock in the Parlour ftruck two , faid , Papa would come home to din ...
... fince he went out . No longer than yesterday I was prevail'd with to go hone with a fond Hufband ; and his Wife told him , that his Son , of his own head , when the Clock in the Parlour ftruck two , faid , Papa would come home to din ...
Strana 37
... fince what gives him dif- ⚫tinction to himself , cannot come within the Obferva- ⚫tion of his Beholders . Thus all the Words of Lord- fhip , Honour , and Grace , are only Repetitions to a Man that the King has order'd him to be called ...
... fince what gives him dif- ⚫tinction to himself , cannot come within the Obferva- ⚫tion of his Beholders . Thus all the Words of Lord- fhip , Honour , and Grace , are only Repetitions to a Man that the King has order'd him to be called ...
Strana 50
... fince thefe Authors have profefs'd themselves for the modeft Man , even in the utmoft Confufions ⚫ of Speech and Countenance , why should an intrepid Utterance and a refolute Vociferation thunder fo fuc- cessfully in our Courts of ...
... fince thefe Authors have profefs'd themselves for the modeft Man , even in the utmoft Confufions ⚫ of Speech and Countenance , why should an intrepid Utterance and a refolute Vociferation thunder fo fuc- cessfully in our Courts of ...
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Strana 22 - ... reason of its rarity, that if I meet with any one in a field which pleases me, I give it a place in my garden. By this means, when a stranger walks with me, he is...
Strana 97 - MY friend Will Honeycomb has told me, for above this half year, that he had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator, and that he would fain have one of his writing in my works. This morning I received from him the following letter, which, after having rectified some little orthographical mistakes, I shall make a present of to the public. ' DEAR SPEC. ' I WAS about two nights ago in company with very agreeable young people of both sexes, where, talking of some of your papers which...
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Strana 24 - The laurel, the horn-beam, and the holly, with many other trees and plants of the same nature, grow so thick in it that you cannot imagine a more lively scene. The glowing redness of the berries, with which they are hung at this time, vies with the verdure of their leaves, .and...
Strana 195 - As I remember the great affection which was between you and your excellent brother, and know you love his daughter as your own, so as not only to express the tenderness of the best of aunts, but even to supply that of the best of fathers ; I am sure it will be a...
Strana 92 - The young man did not want natural talents; but the father of him was a coxcomb, who affected being a fine gentleman so unmercifully, that he could not endure in his sight, or the frequent mention of one who was his son, growing into .manhood, and thrusting him out of the gay world.
Strana 105 - These are thoughts which I had, when I fell into a kind of vision upon this subject, and may therefore stand for a proper introduction to a relation of it.
Strana 61 - Thus it is observed, that men sometimes, upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves; for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the ligaments of the body, begins to reason like herself, and to discourse in a strain above mortality.
Strana 173 - There are animals so near of kin both to birds and beasts, that they are in the middle between both : amphibious animals link...