The Spectator: ...J. Tonson, 1718 |
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... particular Perfon , that in a late Draught of Marriage - Articles a Lady has ftipulated with her Husband , That , whatever his Opinions are , the fhall be at Liberty to Patch on which Side the pleases . I must here take notice , that ...
... particular Perfon , that in a late Draught of Marriage - Articles a Lady has ftipulated with her Husband , That , whatever his Opinions are , the fhall be at Liberty to Patch on which Side the pleases . I must here take notice , that ...
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... Security for that of another , and the like ; but thefe Inftances are fo particular and circumftantiated , that they cannot come within general Confiderations : For For one fuch Cafe as one of thefe , there 6 . No 82 . The SPECTATOR .
... Security for that of another , and the like ; but thefe Inftances are fo particular and circumftantiated , that they cannot come within general Confiderations : For For one fuch Cafe as one of thefe , there 6 . No 82 . The SPECTATOR .
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... particular Care , that the • common Forms of Diftrefs , and the idle Pretenders to • Sorrow , about Courts , who wanted only Supplies to Luxury , fhould never obtain Favour by his Means : But the Diftreffes which arife from the many ...
... particular Care , that the • common Forms of Diftrefs , and the idle Pretenders to • Sorrow , about Courts , who wanted only Supplies to Luxury , fhould never obtain Favour by his Means : But the Diftreffes which arife from the many ...
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... particular , after having read over a Poem of an eminent Author on a Victory , I met with feveral Fragments of it upon the next Rejoycing Day , which had been employed in Squibs and Crackers , and by that Means celebrated its Subject in ...
... particular , after having read over a Poem of an eminent Author on a Victory , I met with feveral Fragments of it upon the next Rejoycing Day , which had been employed in Squibs and Crackers , and by that Means celebrated its Subject in ...
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... particular Pleasure in the Reading of them . I can affirm the fame of Mr. Dryden , and know feveral of the most refined Writers of our prefent Age who are of the fame Humour . I might likewife refer my Reader to Moliere's Thoughts on ...
... particular Pleasure in the Reading of them . I can affirm the fame of Mr. Dryden , and know feveral of the most refined Writers of our prefent Age who are of the fame Humour . I might likewife refer my Reader to Moliere's Thoughts on ...
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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.