The Spectator: ...J. Tonson, 1718 |
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... should behave themselves in the Publick Caufe , he turns to the Female Part of his Audience ; And as for you ( fays he ) I fhall advise you in very few Words : Afpire only to thofe Vertues that are peculiar to your Sex ; follow your ...
... should behave themselves in the Publick Caufe , he turns to the Female Part of his Audience ; And as for you ( fays he ) I fhall advise you in very few Words : Afpire only to thofe Vertues that are peculiar to your Sex ; follow your ...
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... Should'ft thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish Cheat . I have feen a very ingenious Author on this Subject , who founds his Speculations on the Suppofition , That as a . Man hath in the Mould of his Face a remote Likeness to * to that of ...
... Should'ft thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish Cheat . I have feen a very ingenious Author on this Subject , who founds his Speculations on the Suppofition , That as a . Man hath in the Mould of his Face a remote Likeness to * to that of ...
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... should not ' omit Circumstances which relate to the inferior Part of the World , any more than those which concern the greater . There is one thing in particular which I won- der you have not touched upon , and that is the ge- neral ...
... should not ' omit Circumstances which relate to the inferior Part of the World , any more than those which concern the greater . There is one thing in particular which I won- der you have not touched upon , and that is the ge- neral ...
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... should make no Mention of what concerns our felves , without it be of Matters wherein our Friends ought to re- joyce : But indeed there are Crowds of People who put themselves in no Method of pleafing themselves or others ; fuch are ...
... should make no Mention of what concerns our felves , without it be of Matters wherein our Friends ought to re- joyce : But indeed there are Crowds of People who put themselves in no Method of pleafing themselves or others ; fuch are ...
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... mean , that in order to live it is neceffary we should always be in jovial Crews , or crowned with Chaplets of Rofes , as the merry Fellows among the Ancients are defcribed ; but it is intended by confidering thefe Con- traries to ...
... mean , that in order to live it is neceffary we should always be in jovial Crews , or crowned with Chaplets of Rofes , as the merry Fellows among the Ancients are defcribed ; but it is intended by confidering thefe Con- traries to ...
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Էջ 277 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Էջ 110 - Bible to be given him next day for his encouragement, and sometimes accompanies it with a flitch of bacon to his mother. Sir Roger has likewise added five pounds a year to the clerk's place; and that he may encourage the young fellows to make themselves perfect in the...
Էջ 96 - He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man. He makes a May-fly to a miracle, and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods. As he is a good-natured officious fellow, and very much esteemed upon account of his family, he is a welcome guest at every house, and keeps up a good correspondence among all the gentlemen about him. He carries a...
Էջ 147 - ... for any man under a duke; but told him at the same time, that it might be altered with a very few touches, and that he himself would be at the charge of it. Accordingly they got a painter, by the knight's directions, to add a pair of whiskers to the face, and by a little aggravation of the features to change it into the Saracen's Head.
Էջ 46 - ... hours which we here employ in virtue or in vice, the argument redoubles upon us for putting in practice this method of passing away our time. When a man has but a little stock to improve, and has opportunities of turning it all to good account, what shall we think of him...
Էջ 89 - My worthy friend has put me under the particular care of his butler, who is a very prudent man, and, as well as the rest of his fellow-servants, wonderfully desirous of pleasing me, because they have often heard their master talk of me as of his particular friend.
Էջ 120 - Manufactures, trade, and agriculture, naturally employ more than nineteen parts of the species in twenty ; and as for those who are not obliged to labour, by the condition in which they are born, they are more miserable than the rest of mankind, unless they indulge themselves in that voluntary labour which goes by the name of exercise.
Էջ 145 - Hare or a Pheasant: He knocks down a Dinner with his Gun twice or thrice a Week; and by that means lives much cheaper than those who have not so good an Estate as himself. He would be a good Neighbour if he did not destroy so many Partridges: in short, he is a very sensible Man; shoots flying; and has been several times Foreman of the Petty Jury.
Էջ 144 - ... former, it ought to be entirely neglected ; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself seconded by the applauses of the public. A man is more sure of his conduct, when the verdict which he passes upon his own behaviour is thus warranted and confirmed by the opinion of all that know him.
Էջ 277 - These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several islands which abound with pleasures of different kinds and degrees suitable to the relishes and perfections of those who are settled in them.