The Spectator, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... agreeable in my own eye , and not deformed in that of the ' world , to a celebrated beauty . If you marry one remarkably beautiful , you must have a violent passion for her , or you have not the proper taste for her charms ; and if you ...
... agreeable in my own eye , and not deformed in that of the ' world , to a celebrated beauty . If you marry one remarkably beautiful , you must have a violent passion for her , or you have not the proper taste for her charms ; and if you ...
Page 134
... agreeable or unwelcome to those with whom he converses , ac- cording to the motive from which that inclination appears to flow . If your concern for pleasing others arises from an innate benevolence , it never fails of success ; if from ...
... agreeable or unwelcome to those with whom he converses , ac- cording to the motive from which that inclination appears to flow . If your concern for pleasing others arises from an innate benevolence , it never fails of success ; if from ...
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... agreeable that ever was in the world . Au- gustus lived amongst his friends , as if he had his fortune to make in his own court . Candour and affability , accompanied with as much power as ever mortal was vested with , were what made ...
... agreeable that ever was in the world . Au- gustus lived amongst his friends , as if he had his fortune to make in his own court . Candour and affability , accompanied with as much power as ever mortal was vested with , were what made ...
Contents
VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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