The Spectator, Volume 2J. Tonson, 1729 |
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... narrow Compass , which is only to give an honeft Man who takes care of my Eftate , proper Vouchers for his quarterly Payments me , and obferve what what Linnen my Laundrefs brings and takes away with her Ness . II The SPECTATOR .
... narrow Compass , which is only to give an honeft Man who takes care of my Eftate , proper Vouchers for his quarterly Payments me , and obferve what what Linnen my Laundrefs brings and takes away with her Ness . II The SPECTATOR .
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... obferve upon what others do , with re- lation to their Equipage and Oeconomy . When I walk the Street , and obferve the Hurry about me in this Town Where with like Hafte , tho ' different Ways , they run ; Some to undo , and some to be ...
... obferve upon what others do , with re- lation to their Equipage and Oeconomy . When I walk the Street , and obferve the Hurry about me in this Town Where with like Hafte , tho ' different Ways , they run ; Some to undo , and some to be ...
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... Matter of great Aftonishment to Fo- reigners , and all fuch as have vifited Foreign Coun- tries ; efpecially fince we cannot but obferve , That vants . B. 4 . there < · < " . " " there is no No 88 . 31 The SPECTATOR . N 88. ...
... Matter of great Aftonishment to Fo- reigners , and all fuch as have vifited Foreign Coun- tries ; efpecially fince we cannot but obferve , That vants . B. 4 . there < · < " . " " there is no No 88 . 31 The SPECTATOR . N 88. ...
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... obferve , that a lewd Youth who . goes on in a continued Courfe of Voluptuoufnefs , advan- ces by Degrees into a libidinous old Man ; and that the Paffion furvives in the Mind when it is altogether dead in the Body ; nay , that the ...
... obferve , that a lewd Youth who . goes on in a continued Courfe of Voluptuoufnefs , advan- ces by Degrees into a libidinous old Man ; and that the Paffion furvives in the Mind when it is altogether dead in the Body ; nay , that the ...
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... obferve that the . former are fuperior to the others not only in the Senfe but in the Spelling . This cannot but have a good Effect upon the female World , and keep them from being charmed by thofe empty Coxcombs that have hitherto been ...
... obferve that the . former are fuperior to the others not only in the Senfe but in the Spelling . This cannot but have a good Effect upon the female World , and keep them from being charmed by thofe empty Coxcombs that have hitherto been ...
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Page 115 - Sometimes he will be lengthening out a verse in the singing psalms, half a minute after the rest of the congregation have done with it; sometimes when he is pleased with the matter of his devotion, he pronounces
Page 287 - Some were looking up towards the heavens in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they thought themselves within the reach of them their footing failed and down they sunk.
Page 289 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 116 - Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them in almost every sermon that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Page 95 - My chief companion, when Sir Roger is diverting himself in the woods or the fields, is a very venerable man who is ever with Sir Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation: he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as...
Page 287 - I here fetched a deep sigh; Alas, said I, man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect; Look no more...
Page 97 - As Sir Roger was going on in his story, the gentleman we were talking of came up to us ; and upon the knight's asking him who preached to-morrow (for it was Saturday night), told us, the Bishop of St. Asaph in the morning, and Dr. South in the afternoon. He then showed us his list of preachers for the whole year, where I saw, with a great deal of pleasure.
Page 286 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but* they fell through them into the tide and immediately disappeared.
Page 153 - Upon his first rising the court was hushed, and a general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger < was up. ' The speech he made was so little to the purpose, that I shall not trouble my readers with an account of it; and I believe was not so much designed by the knight himself to inform the court, as to give him a figure in my eye, and keep up his credit in the country.
Page 116 - As soon as the sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the church. The knight walks down from his seat in the chancel between a double row of his tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side : and every now and then...