The Spectator, Հատոր 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 էջ |
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... see any I printed or written Paper it up and lay it afide carefully , as not knowing but it may contain fome Piece of their Alcoran . I must con- fefs I have fo much of the Musulman in me , That I cannot forbear looking into every ...
... see any I printed or written Paper it up and lay it afide carefully , as not knowing but it may contain fome Piece of their Alcoran . I must con- fefs I have fo much of the Musulman in me , That I cannot forbear looking into every ...
Էջ 49
... see the Sex daily improving by these my Spe- culations . My fair Readers are already deeper Scholars than the Beaus : I could name fome of them who talk much better than feveral Gentlemen that make a Figure at Will's ; and as I ...
... see the Sex daily improving by these my Spe- culations . My fair Readers are already deeper Scholars than the Beaus : I could name fome of them who talk much better than feveral Gentlemen that make a Figure at Will's ; and as I ...
Էջ 63
... seeing me half ftarved and well dreffed , thought me an Equipage ready to his Hand , • after very little Inquiry more than Did I want a Ma- fter ? bid me follow him ; I did fo , and in a very little while thought my felf the happiest ...
... seeing me half ftarved and well dreffed , thought me an Equipage ready to his Hand , • after very little Inquiry more than Did I want a Ma- fter ? bid me follow him ; I did fo , and in a very little while thought my felf the happiest ...
Էջ 104
... see , is dressed after • this manner , and his Cheeks would be no larger than ་ mine , were he in a Hat as I am . He was the laft Man that won a Prize in the Tilt - Yard ( which is now a 6 ⚫ Com- 6 • Common Street before Whitehall ) ...
... see , is dressed after • this manner , and his Cheeks would be no larger than ་ mine , were he in a Hat as I am . He was the laft Man that won a Prize in the Tilt - Yard ( which is now a 6 ⚫ Com- 6 • Common Street before Whitehall ) ...
Էջ 123
... see many in this fatal Error ; if that may be called by fo foft a Name , which proceeds from a false Shame of appearing what they really are , when the con- trary Behaviour would in a fhort time advance them to the Condition which they ...
... see many in this fatal Error ; if that may be called by fo foft a Name , which proceeds from a false Shame of appearing what they really are , when the con- trary Behaviour would in a fhort time advance them to the Condition which they ...
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Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...