The Spectator, Том 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 страници |
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... fall into this Error of Life , as well as the Misfortune it must needs be to lan- guifh under fuch Preffures . As for my felf , my natural Averfion to that fort of Converfation which makes a Figure with the Generality of Mankind ...
... fall into this Error of Life , as well as the Misfortune it must needs be to lan- guifh under fuch Preffures . As for my felf , my natural Averfion to that fort of Converfation which makes a Figure with the Generality of Mankind ...
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... falling out of Friends , or fuch other ⚫ terrible Difafters to which the Life of Man is exposed ; • In Cafes of this Nature , Eucrate was the Patron ; and enjoyed this Part of the royal Favour fo much without ⚫ being envied , that it ...
... falling out of Friends , or fuch other ⚫ terrible Difafters to which the Life of Man is exposed ; • In Cafes of this Nature , Eucrate was the Patron ; and enjoyed this Part of the royal Favour fo much without ⚫ being envied , that it ...
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... Falling in the other Day at a Victualling - Houfe near the House of Peers , I heard the Maid come down and tell the Landlady at the Bar , That my Lord Bishop fwore he would throw her out at Win- dow , if she did not bring up more Mild ...
... Falling in the other Day at a Victualling - Houfe near the House of Peers , I heard the Maid come down and tell the Landlady at the Bar , That my Lord Bishop fwore he would throw her out at Win- dow , if she did not bring up more Mild ...
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... falling in Love when she is about Three- fcore , if the cannot fatisfy her Doubts and Scruples be- fore that Time . There is a kind of latter Spring , that fometimes gets into the Blood of an old Woman and turns her into a very odd fort ...
... falling in Love when she is about Three- fcore , if the cannot fatisfy her Doubts and Scruples be- fore that Time . There is a kind of latter Spring , that fometimes gets into the Blood of an old Woman and turns her into a very odd fort ...
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... fall asleep between them and by that means difgrace them for ever : But alas ! this was im- poffible ; could I have been difpofed to it , they would have prevented me by feveral little ill - natured Ca- ⚫reffes and Endearments which ...
... fall asleep between them and by that means difgrace them for ever : But alas ! this was im- poffible ; could I have been difpofed to it , they would have prevented me by feveral little ill - natured Ca- ⚫reffes and Endearments which ...
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Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...