The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 161
... whose mirth consists only in doing things which do not become them , with a secret consciousness that all the world know they know better : To this is always added something mifchievous to themselves or others . I have heard of fome ...
... whose mirth consists only in doing things which do not become them , with a secret consciousness that all the world know they know better : To this is always added something mifchievous to themselves or others . I have heard of fome ...
Page 168
... whose dress is regulated by the rigid notions of • frugality . A man's appearance falls within the cen- fure of every one who fees him ; his parts and learn- ing very few are judges of ; and even upon these few , • they can't at first ...
... whose dress is regulated by the rigid notions of • frugality . A man's appearance falls within the cen- fure of every one who fees him ; his parts and learn- ing very few are judges of ; and even upon these few , • they can't at first ...
Page 203
... whose error I have lost my life ; no , you 64 " are my benefactor as you have hastened my entrance " into a happy immortality . This is my sense of this " accident ; but the world in which you live may have thoughts of it to your ...
... whose error I have lost my life ; no , you 64 " are my benefactor as you have hastened my entrance " into a happy immortality . This is my sense of this " accident ; but the world in which you live may have thoughts of it to your ...
Page 254
... whose power qualifies him to make us happy by an infinity of means , whose goodness and truth engage him to make those happy who defire it of him , and whose unchangeableness will fecure us in this happiness to all eternity . Such ...
... whose power qualifies him to make us happy by an infinity of means , whose goodness and truth engage him to make those happy who defire it of him , and whose unchangeableness will fecure us in this happiness to all eternity . Such ...
Page 292
... whose belly funk in monftroufly , was a great coward ; and tho ' his splenetick contracted temper made him take fire immediately , he made ob- jects that befet him appear greater than they were . The second , whose breasts fwelled into ...
... whose belly funk in monftroufly , was a great coward ; and tho ' his splenetick contracted temper made him take fire immediately , he made ob- jects that befet him appear greater than they were . The second , whose breasts fwelled into ...
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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