Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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Page 7
... fure ; and a licence , not only for every freedom , but for every favour except the laft . This confidence can , perhaps , only be repreffed by a sense of danger : and as the persons whom I wish to warn , are most impatient of ...
... fure ; and a licence , not only for every freedom , but for every favour except the laft . This confidence can , perhaps , only be repreffed by a sense of danger : and as the persons whom I wish to warn , are most impatient of ...
Page 52
... fure . Jealoufy is the phrenzy of wife men , the well - wishing spite and unkind carefulness ; the felf - punishment for others ' faults ; felf - mifery in others ' happinefs ; in its limits , the daughter of love , and mother of hate ...
... fure . Jealoufy is the phrenzy of wife men , the well - wishing spite and unkind carefulness ; the felf - punishment for others ' faults ; felf - mifery in others ' happinefs ; in its limits , the daughter of love , and mother of hate ...
Page 62
... fure is no lefs . Every man , in his own affairs , is found to be lefs cautious than a pru- dent ftander - by : he is generally too eagerly en- gaged , to make just remarks upon the progress and probability of things ; and , in such a ...
... fure is no lefs . Every man , in his own affairs , is found to be lefs cautious than a pru- dent ftander - by : he is generally too eagerly en- gaged , to make just remarks upon the progress and probability of things ; and , in such a ...
Page 83
... will not al- ways blow one way . Your coming to town is mightily to be wifhed . I promise myself the plea- fure of a virtuous and industrious wife , in ftudying to do things agreeable to you . But I will G 2 to [ 83 3 1 ...
... will not al- ways blow one way . Your coming to town is mightily to be wifhed . I promise myself the plea- fure of a virtuous and industrious wife , in ftudying to do things agreeable to you . But I will G 2 to [ 83 3 1 ...
Page 86
... fure fomething lay heavy on his mind . The Doctor fent every one out of the room , and told his patient , he was fure that there was fome- thing that oppreffed his mind , and lay fo heavy on his fpirits , that it would be in vain to ...
... fure fomething lay heavy on his mind . The Doctor fent every one out of the room , and told his patient , he was fure that there was fome- thing that oppreffed his mind , and lay fo heavy on his fpirits , that it would be in vain to ...
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addrefs affection affiftance againſt Alcander almoſt ANECDOTE anſwer aſked beauty becauſe Caliph cauſe Cephifus Clarinda Clodio confent confequence confiderable courſe cuſtom defire difpofition diſcovered diſtreſs eſteem eyes faid fame father fatisfaction fecret fecure feemed fenfible fent feveral fhall fhewed fhort firſt fituation fix franks Flavilla fome fometimes foon fortune foul friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpicion fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy herſelf himſelf honour houſe huſband increaſe intereft itſelf juſt lady laſt Laura leaſt lefs Lord of Abergavenny meaſure Mencius Mercator mind moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffion peaſant perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent promiſed purpoſe raiſed reaſon reflection ſaid ſee ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe vifits Vincent virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſhes