The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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Page 61
... GRATIA Nvery often recommends the fine Tafte , as the utmoft Perfection of an ac- complished Man . As this Word arifes very of- VOL . VI . F tea ten in Converfation , I fhall endeavour to give fome N ° 408. The SPECTATO R. 61.
... GRATIA Nvery often recommends the fine Tafte , as the utmoft Perfection of an ac- complished Man . As this Word arifes very of- VOL . VI . F tea ten in Converfation , I fhall endeavour to give fome N ° 408. The SPECTATO R. 61.
Page 62
ten in Converfation , I fhall endeavour to give fome Account of it , and to lay down Rules how we may know whether we are poffeffed of it , ' and how we may acquire that fine Tafte of Writing , which is fo much talked of among the ...
ten in Converfation , I fhall endeavour to give fome Account of it , and to lay down Rules how we may know whether we are poffeffed of it , ' and how we may acquire that fine Tafte of Writing , which is fo much talked of among the ...
Page 65
... Converfation will naturally furnish us with Hints which we did not attend to , and make us enjoy other Mens Parts and Reflections as well as our own . This is the belt Reafon I can give for the Obfervation which feveral have made , that ...
... Converfation will naturally furnish us with Hints which we did not attend to , and make us enjoy other Mens Parts and Reflections as well as our own . This is the belt Reafon I can give for the Obfervation which feveral have made , that ...
Page 120
... Converfation , than the falfe Notion fome People have of Raillery . It ought certainly to be the firft Point to be aimed at in So- ciety , to gain the good Will of thofe with whom you converfe . The Way to that , is to fhew you are well ...
... Converfation , than the falfe Notion fome People have of Raillery . It ought certainly to be the firft Point to be aimed at in So- ciety , to gain the good Will of thofe with whom you converfe . The Way to that , is to fhew you are well ...
Page 123
... Converfation , enjoy themselves in a Communication of each others Ex- cellencies , and not in a Triumph over their Imper- fections . Fortius would have been reckoned a Wit , if there had never been a Fool in the World : He wants not ...
... Converfation , enjoy themselves in a Communication of each others Ex- cellencies , and not in a Triumph over their Imper- fections . Fortius would have been reckoned a Wit , if there had never been a Fool in the World : He wants not ...
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