The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 41
... those I should laugh at , and envy those ' I contemn . The Time of Youth and vigorous Man- ' hood , paffed the Way in which I have difpofed of it , ' is attended with thefe Confequences ; but to those who live and pass away Life as they ...
... those I should laugh at , and envy those ' I contemn . The Time of Youth and vigorous Man- ' hood , paffed the Way in which I have difpofed of it , ' is attended with thefe Confequences ; but to those who live and pass away Life as they ...
Page 48
... those who appear in the higher Figures of Life . I would not make my self merry even with a Piece of Pasteboard that is invested with a publick Cha- racter ; for which Reason I have never glanced upon the late defigned Proceffion of his ...
... those who appear in the higher Figures of Life . I would not make my self merry even with a Piece of Pasteboard that is invested with a publick Cha- racter ; for which Reason I have never glanced upon the late defigned Proceffion of his ...
Page 118
... those Methods only , which are worthy and ingenuous . THE happy Talent of Pleafing either those above you or below you , feems to be wholly owing to the Opinion they have of your Sincerity . This Quality is to attend the agreeable Man ...
... those Methods only , which are worthy and ingenuous . THE happy Talent of Pleafing either those above you or below you , feems to be wholly owing to the Opinion they have of your Sincerity . This Quality is to attend the agreeable Man ...
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