The Spectator, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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Page 67
... speak in relation to his un- derstanding ; whereas when we say of a woman , she has a fine , a long , or a good head , we speak only in relation to her commode . It is observed among birds , that nature has la- vished all her ornaments ...
... speak in relation to his un- derstanding ; whereas when we say of a woman , she has a fine , a long , or a good head , we speak only in relation to her commode . It is observed among birds , that nature has la- vished all her ornaments ...
Page 69
... speak in relation to his un- derstanding ; whereas when we say of a woman , she has a fine , a long , or a good head , we speak only in relation to her commode . It is observed among birds , that nature has la- vished all her ornaments ...
... speak in relation to his un- derstanding ; whereas when we say of a woman , she has a fine , a long , or a good head , we speak only in relation to her commode . It is observed among birds , that nature has la- vished all her ornaments ...
Page 203
... speak in harsher words to the fair , but to men one may take a little more freedom . It is mon- strous how a man can live with so little reflec- tion , as to fancy he is not in a condition very unjust and disproportioned to the rest of ...
... speak in harsher words to the fair , but to men one may take a little more freedom . It is mon- strous how a man can live with so little reflec- tion , as to fancy he is not in a condition very unjust and disproportioned to the rest of ...
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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