The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 135
... appear- ance , and many more . If the fhew of any thing be good for any thing , I am fure fincerity is better ; for why does any man diffemble , or feem to be that which ' he is not , but because he thinks it good to have fuch a quality ...
... appear- ance , and many more . If the fhew of any thing be good for any thing , I am fure fincerity is better ; for why does any man diffemble , or feem to be that which ' he is not , but because he thinks it good to have fuch a quality ...
Page 168
... appear genteelly , might with artificial management fave ten pounds a year ; as inftead of fine holland he might mourn in fackcloth , and in other particulars be proportionably fhabby : but of what fervice would this fum be to avert any ...
... appear genteelly , might with artificial management fave ten pounds a year ; as inftead of fine holland he might mourn in fackcloth , and in other particulars be proportionably fhabby : but of what fervice would this fum be to avert any ...
Page 176
... appear a finer thing than I really was . 6 Such I was , and fuch was my condition , when I became an ardent lover , and paffionate admirer of the beauteous Belinda then it was that I really be- gan to improve . This paflion changed all ...
... appear a finer thing than I really was . 6 Such I was , and fuch was my condition , when I became an ardent lover , and paffionate admirer of the beauteous Belinda then it was that I really be- gan to improve . This paflion changed all ...
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