The Spectator, Том 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 страници |
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... thought the Spirit of her Party , when on a fudden fhe has given them an unexpected Fire , that has funk them all at once . If Rofalinda is unfortunate in her Mole , Nigranilla is as unhappy in a Pimple , which forces her , against her ...
... thought the Spirit of her Party , when on a fudden fhe has given them an unexpected Fire , that has funk them all at once . If Rofalinda is unfortunate in her Mole , Nigranilla is as unhappy in a Pimple , which forces her , against her ...
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3 be a Misfortune to be born in it . The Greeks thought it fo improper for Women to intereft themselves in Com- petitions and Contentions , that for this Reafon , among others , they forbad them , under Pain of Death , to be prefent at ...
3 be a Misfortune to be born in it . The Greeks thought it fo improper for Women to intereft themselves in Com- petitions and Contentions , that for this Reafon , among others , they forbad them , under Pain of Death , to be prefent at ...
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... thought I had fomewhere heard before . Coming near to the Grate , the Prifoner called me by my Name , and defired I would throw fomething into the Box : I was out of Countenance for him , and did as he bid me , by putting in half a ...
... thought I had fomewhere heard before . Coming near to the Grate , the Prifoner called me by my Name , and defired I would throw fomething into the Box : I was out of Countenance for him , and did as he bid me , by putting in half a ...
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... thought it very proper to take Minutes of what paffed in that Age , for the Inftruction of this . The Antiquary who lent me thefe Papers , gave me a Character of Eucrate , the Favou- rite of Pharamond , extracted from an Author who ...
... thought it very proper to take Minutes of what paffed in that Age , for the Inftruction of this . The Antiquary who lent me thefe Papers , gave me a Character of Eucrate , the Favou- rite of Pharamond , extracted from an Author who ...
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... Thought of ́this kind , is , that a careless Groom of mine has fpoiled me the prettiest Pad in the World with only riding him ten Miles , and I affure you , if I were to make a Re- gifter of all the Horses I have known thus abused by ...
... Thought of ́this kind , is , that a careless Groom of mine has fpoiled me the prettiest Pad in the World with only riding him ten Miles , and I affure you , if I were to make a Re- gifter of all the Horses I have known thus abused by ...
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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...