The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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Page 34
... feem to be Trifles ; but when the proper Appurtenances of the Tea - Table are added , they swell the Account higher than one would imagine . I cannot conclude without doing her Justice in one Article ; where her Frugality is " " fo ...
... feem to be Trifles ; but when the proper Appurtenances of the Tea - Table are added , they swell the Account higher than one would imagine . I cannot conclude without doing her Justice in one Article ; where her Frugality is " " fo ...
Page 62
... feem pleased with one another , and partake of the fame common Entertainment . I could not but fancy to myself , as the old Man stood up in the middle of the Pit , that he made a very proper Center to a tragick Audience . Upon the ...
... feem pleased with one another , and partake of the fame common Entertainment . I could not but fancy to myself , as the old Man stood up in the middle of the Pit , that he made a very proper Center to a tragick Audience . Upon the ...
Page 67
... feem a little at leifure at this present Writing . 1 am , dear Sir , one of the top China - Women about Town ; and though I fay it , keep as good Things , ' and receive as fine Company as any o ' this End of ' the Town , let the other ...
... feem a little at leifure at this present Writing . 1 am , dear Sir , one of the top China - Women about Town ; and though I fay it , keep as good Things , ' and receive as fine Company as any o ' this End of ' the Town , let the other ...
Page 100
... feem'd Entring on studious Thoughts abstrufe : which Eve Perceiving , where she sat retired in fight , With lowliness majestick , from her Seat , And Grace , that won who saw to wish her Stay , Rose ; and went forth among her Fruits and ...
... feem'd Entring on studious Thoughts abstrufe : which Eve Perceiving , where she sat retired in fight , With lowliness majestick , from her Seat , And Grace , that won who saw to wish her Stay , Rose ; and went forth among her Fruits and ...
Page 103
... all the Graces of Nature . They are fuch as none but a great Genius could have thought of , tho ' , upon the perusal of them , they feem to E 4 rife rife of themselves from the Subject of which he treats N ° 345 . 103 The SPECTATOR .
... all the Graces of Nature . They are fuch as none but a great Genius could have thought of , tho ' , upon the perusal of them , they feem to E 4 rife rife of themselves from the Subject of which he treats N ° 345 . 103 The SPECTATOR .
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