The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their happiness of expreffion ; some for the laying of schemes , schemes , and others for the put- -ting of them DEDICATION .
... for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their happiness of expreffion ; some for the laying of schemes , schemes , and others for the put- -ting of them DEDICATION .
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... behaviour to * each other have rather the impatient fondness which • is vifible in lovers , than the regular and gratified af- • fection which is to be observed in man and wife . • This obfervation made the father very anxious for ' his ...
... behaviour to * each other have rather the impatient fondness which • is vifible in lovers , than the regular and gratified af- • fection which is to be observed in man and wife . • This obfervation made the father very anxious for ' his ...
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... behaviour to the fuperior Being , who had vouchsafed to be his guest ; the folemn hail which the angel bestows upon the mother of mankind , with the figure of Eve ministring at the table ; are circumstances which deferve to be admired ...
... behaviour to the fuperior Being , who had vouchsafed to be his guest ; the folemn hail which the angel bestows upon the mother of mankind , with the figure of Eve ministring at the table ; are circumstances which deferve to be admired ...
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... behaviour of gentle- men in those coffee - houses where women officiate , and impatiently waited to see you take India and China shops into confideration : But fince you have pafs'd us over in filence , either that you have not as yet ...
... behaviour of gentle- men in those coffee - houses where women officiate , and impatiently waited to see you take India and China shops into confideration : But fince you have pafs'd us over in filence , either that you have not as yet ...
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... behaviour any consciousness that he is fuperior to the rest of the world . Or , to say it otherwise , it is the duty of a great person so to demean himself , as that whatever endowments he may have , he may ap- pear to value himself ...
... behaviour any consciousness that he is fuperior to the rest of the world . Or , to say it otherwise , it is the duty of a great person so to demean himself , as that whatever endowments he may have , he may ap- pear to value himself ...
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Adam Æneid agreeable alſo angels anſwer appear beautiful becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe character chearfulness confider confideration converſation defire deſcribed deſcription deſign diſcourſe endeavour eſteem eyes faid fame fays feveral fince firſt parents fome foon fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n Homer honour houſe humble fervant imagination inſtances itſelf juſt lady laſt leſs live look mankind manner maſter Menippus Milton mind miſtreſs Mohocks moſt myſelf nature neſs never night obſerve occafion Ovid paffion particular paſſage paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poem poet preſent raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſpect riſe ſame ſays ſcene ſchool ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſentiments ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir ROGER ſome ſpeak SPECTATOR ſpeculation ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſurpriſe tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe verſe Virg virtue whole whoſe