The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 27
... Pleasure as makes a Man reftlefs and uneafy under it ; and which does not fo much fatisfy the prefent Thirst , as it excites fresh Defires , and fets the Soul on new Enterprises . For how few ambitious Men are there , who have got as ...
... Pleasure as makes a Man reftlefs and uneafy under it ; and which does not fo much fatisfy the prefent Thirst , as it excites fresh Defires , and fets the Soul on new Enterprises . For how few ambitious Men are there , who have got as ...
Page 59
... Pleasure of Wine , has bethought himself of joining • Profit and Pleasure together . Our Sexton ( poor Man ) ⚫ having received Strength from thy Wine fince his fit of the Gout , is hugely taken with it : He fays it is given by Nature ...
... Pleasure of Wine , has bethought himself of joining • Profit and Pleasure together . Our Sexton ( poor Man ) ⚫ having received Strength from thy Wine fince his fit of the Gout , is hugely taken with it : He fays it is given by Nature ...
Page 119
... Pleasures and Senti- ments of the Company . CUNNING People , Hypocrites , all who are but half virtuous , or half wife , are incapable of tafting the re- fined Pleasure of fuch an equal Company as could wholly exclude the Regard of ...
... Pleasures and Senti- ments of the Company . CUNNING People , Hypocrites , all who are but half virtuous , or half wife , are incapable of tafting the re- fined Pleasure of fuch an equal Company as could wholly exclude the Regard of ...
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