The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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Page 26
... dress , and as flippant , if I see a pretty woman , as when in my youth I stood upon a bench in the pit to survey the whole circle of beau- ties . The folly is so extravagant with me , and I went on with so little check of my desires or ...
... dress , and as flippant , if I see a pretty woman , as when in my youth I stood upon a bench in the pit to survey the whole circle of beau- ties . The folly is so extravagant with me , and I went on with so little check of my desires or ...
Page 42
... dress , or mind any thing for feeding and tending you a weakly child , and shedding tears when the con- vulsions 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 feeding and tending you a weakly child , and shedding tears when the con- vulsions you were then troubled with returned upon you . By my care you outgrew them , to throw away the vigour of your youth in the ...
Page 46
... dresses himself ac- cording to the season in cloth or in stuff , and has no one necessary attention to any thing but the bell which calls to prayers twice a - day : I say it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives ...
... dresses himself ac- cording to the season in cloth or in stuff , and has no one necessary attention to any thing but the bell which calls to prayers twice a - day : I say it would look like a fable to report that this gentleman gives ...
Page 47
... dresses which hung there deserted by their first masters , and ex- posed to the purchase of the best bidder . At this ... dress , turned of fifty . He had at this time fifty pounds in ready money ; and in this habit , with this fortune ...
... dresses which hung there deserted by their first masters , and ex- posed to the purchase of the best bidder . At this ... dress , turned of fifty . He had at this time fifty pounds in ready money ; and in this habit , with this fortune ...
Page 51
... dress : whe- ther it be a crest , a comb , a tuft of feathers , or a natural little plume , erected like a kind of pinnacle on the very top of the head . As nature on the con- trary has poured out her charms in the greatest abundance ...
... dress : whe- ther it be a crest , a comb , a tuft of feathers , or a natural little plume , erected like a kind of pinnacle on the very top of the head . As nature on the con- trary has poured out her charms in the greatest abundance ...
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