The Spectator, Volume 4Little, Brown and Company, 1856 |
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Page 76
... dress , and behaviour of their innocent neigh- bours , bestowing abominable censures and disgrace- ful appellations , commonly called nicknames , on all of them ; and in short , like true fine ladies , made their honest plainness and ...
... dress , and behaviour of their innocent neigh- bours , bestowing abominable censures and disgrace- ful appellations , commonly called nicknames , on all of them ; and in short , like true fine ladies , made their honest plainness and ...
Page 103
... dress . You cannot behold a covetous spirit walk by a goldsmith's shop without casting a wishful eye at the heaps upon the counter . Does not a haughty person show the temper of his soul in the supercilious roll of his eye ? and how ...
... dress . You cannot behold a covetous spirit walk by a goldsmith's shop without casting a wishful eye at the heaps upon the counter . Does not a haughty person show the temper of his soul in the supercilious roll of his eye ? and how ...
Page 122
... ' I am married , and have no other concern but to please the man I love ; he is the end of every care I have ; if I dress , it is for him ; if I read a poem , or a play , it is to qualify myself for 122 NO . 254 . SPECTATOR .
... ' I am married , and have no other concern but to please the man I love ; he is the end of every care I have ; if I dress , it is for him ; if I read a poem , or a play , it is to qualify myself for 122 NO . 254 . SPECTATOR .
Page 149
... fond opinion some have often in their mouths , that if we do not leave our desires , they will leave us . It is far otherwise ; I am now as vain in my dress , and as flippant , if I see a pretty woman , NO . 260 . 149 SPECTATOR .
... fond opinion some have often in their mouths , that if we do not leave our desires , they will leave us . It is far otherwise ; I am now as vain in my dress , and as flippant , if I see a pretty woman , NO . 260 . 149 SPECTATOR .
Page 166
... dress , or mind any thing for feed- ing and tending you a weakly child , and shedding tears when the convulsions you were then troubled with returned upon you . By my care you outgrew them , to throw away the vigour of your youth in the ...
... dress , or mind any thing for feed- ing and tending you a weakly child , and shedding tears when the convulsions you were then troubled with returned upon you . By my care you outgrew them , to throw away the vigour of your youth in the ...
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