The Spectator, Volume 4Little, Brown and Company, 1856 |
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Page 19
... admirable Sir William Petty has given ex- amples of this in some of his writings ; one of them , as I remember , is that of a watch , which I shall endeavour to explain so as shall suit my present purpose . It is certain that a single ...
... admirable Sir William Petty has given ex- amples of this in some of his writings ; one of them , as I remember , is that of a watch , which I shall endeavour to explain so as shall suit my present purpose . It is certain that a single ...
Page 39
" MR . SPECTATOR , " I am a woman who left the admiration of this whole town to throw myself , by love of wealth , into the arms of a fool . When I married him , I could have had any one of several men of sense who languished for me ...
" MR . SPECTATOR , " I am a woman who left the admiration of this whole town to throw myself , by love of wealth , into the arms of a fool . When I married him , I could have had any one of several men of sense who languished for me ...
Page 40
... admiration is one of our most pleasing passions ; and what a perpetual suc- cession of enjoyments will be afforded to both these , in a scene so large and various as shall then be laid open to our view in the society of superior spirits ...
... admiration is one of our most pleasing passions ; and what a perpetual suc- cession of enjoyments will be afforded to both these , in a scene so large and various as shall then be laid open to our view in the society of superior spirits ...
Page 57
... admirable person been shown to , and raised in , " Sir , " Your most humble servant . ” 66 MR . SPECTATOR , " I am a country gentleman , of a good plentiful estate , and live as the rest of my neighbours , with great hospitality . I ...
... admirable person been shown to , and raised in , " Sir , " Your most humble servant . ” 66 MR . SPECTATOR , " I am a country gentleman , of a good plentiful estate , and live as the rest of my neighbours , with great hospitality . I ...
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... none are more struck with the charms of virtue in the fair sex , than those who by their very admiration of it are carried to a desire of ruining it . A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a 70 NO . 243 . SPECTATOR .
... none are more struck with the charms of virtue in the fair sex , than those who by their very admiration of it are carried to a desire of ruining it . A virtuous mind in a fair body is indeed a 70 NO . 243 . SPECTATOR .
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