The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 102
... esteem for Eve , would have been improper for her hearing , and has therefore devised very just and beautiful reasons for her retiring . So spake our fire , and by his count'nance feem'd Entring on ftudious thoughts abstruse ; which Eve ...
... esteem for Eve , would have been improper for her hearing , and has therefore devised very just and beautiful reasons for her retiring . So spake our fire , and by his count'nance feem'd Entring on ftudious thoughts abstruse ; which Eve ...
Page 109
... esteem a habit of benignity greatly preferable to mu- nificence : The former is peculiar to great and diftin- guished perfons ; the latter belongs to flatterers of the people , who court the applause of the inconstant vulgar . W HEN we ...
... esteem a habit of benignity greatly preferable to mu- nificence : The former is peculiar to great and diftin- guished perfons ; the latter belongs to flatterers of the people , who court the applause of the inconstant vulgar . W HEN we ...
Page 120
... esteem we have conceived of him , and fome time or other appear to us under a different light from what he does at present . In short , as the life of any man cannot be call'd happy or unhappy , so neither can it be pronounced vicious ...
... esteem we have conceived of him , and fome time or other appear to us under a different light from what he does at present . In short , as the life of any man cannot be call'd happy or unhappy , so neither can it be pronounced vicious ...
Page 134
... esteem ; and affect being yet worse than they are , by acknowledging in their general turn of mind and difcourse that they have not any remaining value for true honour and honesty ; pre- ferring the capacity of being artful to gain ...
... esteem ; and affect being yet worse than they are , by acknowledging in their general turn of mind and difcourse that they have not any remaining value for true honour and honesty ; pre- ferring the capacity of being artful to gain ...
Page 168
... esteem , tho ' he is ashamed to ⚫ have it challenged in so public a manner . It must be allowed , that any young fellow that affects to dress • and appear genteely , might with artificial manage- ment fave ten pound a year ; as instead ...
... esteem , tho ' he is ashamed to ⚫ have it challenged in so public a manner . It must be allowed , that any young fellow that affects to dress • and appear genteely , might with artificial manage- ment fave ten pound a year ; as instead ...
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Adam Æneid agreeable alſo angels anſwer appear beautiful becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe character chearfulness confider confideration converſation defire deſcribed deſcription deſign diſcourſe endeavour eſteem eyes faid fame fays feveral fince firſt parents fome foon fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n Homer honour houſe humble fervant imagination inſtances itſelf juſt lady laſt leſs live look mankind manner maſter Menippus Milton mind miſtreſs Mohocks moſt myſelf nature neſs never night obſerve occafion Ovid paffion particular paſſage paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poem poet preſent raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſpect riſe ſame ſays ſcene ſchool ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſentiments ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir ROGER ſome ſpeak SPECTATOR ſpeculation ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſurpriſe tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe verſe Virg virtue whole whoſe