The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... Lefs winning foft , lefs amiably mild , Than that fmooth watry image : back I turn'd ; Thou following cryd'ft aloud , Return , fair Eve , Whom fyft thou ? Whom thou fly'ft , of him thou art , His fefb , his bone ; to give thee being ...
... Lefs winning foft , lefs amiably mild , Than that fmooth watry image : back I turn'd ; Thou following cryd'ft aloud , Return , fair Eve , Whom fyft thou ? Whom thou fly'ft , of him thou art , His fefb , his bone ; to give thee being ...
Page 32
... lefs degree crept into every fashionable family , de- prives me of all the comforts of my life , and renders ⚫me the most anxious miferable man on earth . My wife , who was the only child and darling care of an indul- gent mother ...
... lefs degree crept into every fashionable family , de- prives me of all the comforts of my life , and renders ⚫me the most anxious miferable man on earth . My wife , who was the only child and darling care of an indul- gent mother ...
Page 68
... lefs troublesome ⚫ when they come to one's fhop ; and to convince them that we honeft fhopkeepers have fomething better to ⚫do , than to cure folks of the vapours gratis . A young fon of mine , a fchool - boy , is my fecretary , fo I ...
... lefs troublesome ⚫ when they come to one's fhop ; and to convince them that we honeft fhopkeepers have fomething better to ⚫do , than to cure folks of the vapours gratis . A young fon of mine , a fchool - boy , is my fecretary , fo I ...
Page 82
... Lefs bright the Moon , But oppofite in levell'd weft was fet His mirrour , with full face borrowing her light From him , for other lights fhe needed none In that afpect , and fill that distance keeps Till night ; then in the east her ...
... Lefs bright the Moon , But oppofite in levell'd weft was fet His mirrour , with full face borrowing her light From him , for other lights fhe needed none In that afpect , and fill that distance keeps Till night ; then in the east her ...
Page 85
... lefs adapted for agility and dispatch : his afpect is erect and compos'd ; his eye lively and thought- ful , yet rather vigilant than fparkling ; his action and addrefs the most easy imaginable , and his behaviour in an an affembly ...
... lefs adapted for agility and dispatch : his afpect is erect and compos'd ; his eye lively and thought- ful , yet rather vigilant than fparkling ; his action and addrefs the most easy imaginable , and his behaviour in an an affembly ...
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