The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... whose good qualities I was so much taken , as to • make it my endeavour to shew as many as I was able in myself . Familiar converse improved general civilities into an an unfeigned paffion on both fides . He watched an opportunity to ...
... whose good qualities I was so much taken , as to • make it my endeavour to shew as many as I was able in myself . Familiar converse improved general civilities into an an unfeigned paffion on both fides . He watched an opportunity to ...
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... whose folly was the fource of all my affliction . This ruftick is one of those rich clowns • who supply the want of all manner of breeding by the neglect of it , and with noisy mirth , half under- standing , and ample fortune , force ...
... whose folly was the fource of all my affliction . This ruftick is one of those rich clowns • who supply the want of all manner of breeding by the neglect of it , and with noisy mirth , half under- standing , and ample fortune , force ...
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... whose office it is to set women on their heads and ⚫ commit certain indecencies , or rather barbarities , on the limbs which they expose . But these I forbear to mention , because they cannot but be very shocking to the reader as well ...
... whose office it is to set women on their heads and ⚫ commit certain indecencies , or rather barbarities , on the limbs which they expose . But these I forbear to mention , because they cannot but be very shocking to the reader as well ...
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... ordinary seriousness , that his heart had been long engaged to one whose name he thought himself ob- liged in honour to conceal ; but that he could shew her picture ১ picture in the lid of his snuff box . The 18 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
... ordinary seriousness , that his heart had been long engaged to one whose name he thought himself ob- liged in honour to conceal ; but that he could shew her picture ১ picture in the lid of his snuff box . The 18 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
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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