The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 23
... writing , with my natural averfion to loquacity , give me a good deal of employment when I enter any houfe in the coun- try ; for I cannot from my heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly ftudied the walls of it , and examined the ...
... writing , with my natural averfion to loquacity , give me a good deal of employment when I enter any houfe in the coun- try ; for I cannot from my heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly ftudied the walls of it , and examined the ...
Page 26
... human features . I remember , in the Ffe of the famous prince of Conde , the writer obferves , the face of that prince was like the face of an eagle , and 1 and that the prince was very well pleafed to 26 N ° 86 THE SPECTATOR .
... human features . I remember , in the Ffe of the famous prince of Conde , the writer obferves , the face of that prince was like the face of an eagle , and 1 and that the prince was very well pleafed to 26 N ° 86 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 33
... write a fatire upon grooms , has a great deal of reason for his refentment ; and I know . no evil which touches all mankind fo much as this of the misbehaviour of fervants . The complaint of this letter runs wholly upon men- fervants ...
... write a fatire upon grooms , has a great deal of reason for his refentment ; and I know . no evil which touches all mankind fo much as this of the misbehaviour of fervants . The complaint of this letter runs wholly upon men- fervants ...
Page 46
... write verfes on those occafions , the rest of the world repeat the verses of others . Thefe fervants of the ladies were used to imitate their manner of converfation , and allude to one another , rather than interchange difcourfe in what ...
... write verfes on those occafions , the rest of the world repeat the verses of others . Thefe fervants of the ladies were used to imitate their manner of converfation , and allude to one another , rather than interchange difcourfe in what ...
Page 60
... writes , tho ' I am thus fcrupulous at the price of being ridiculous . Mr. SPECTATOR ,. I Was very well pleafed with your difcourfe upon- general mourning , and fhould be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more deeply ...
... writes , tho ' I am thus fcrupulous at the price of being ridiculous . Mr. SPECTATOR ,. I Was very well pleafed with your difcourfe upon- general mourning , and fhould be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more deeply ...
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