The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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If the person he loves be chearful , her thoughts must be employed on another ; and if sad , she is certainly thinking on himself . In short , there is no word or gesture so insignificant , but it gives him new hints , feeds his ...
If the person he loves be chearful , her thoughts must be employed on another ; and if sad , she is certainly thinking on himself . In short , there is no word or gesture so insignificant , but it gives him new hints , feeds his ...
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S ; resolves to give him reason for his fufpicions , and to enjoy the pleasure of the crime , fince she must undergo the ignominy . Such probably were the confiderations that directed the wise - man in his advice to husbands “ Be not ...
S ; resolves to give him reason for his fufpicions , and to enjoy the pleasure of the crime , fince she must undergo the ignominy . Such probably were the confiderations that directed the wise - man in his advice to husbands “ Be not ...
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Besides , she has this for her encouragement , that her endeavours will be always pleasing , and that he will still find the af . fection of her husband rising towards her in proportion as his doubts and suspicions vanish ; for , as we ...
Besides , she has this for her encouragement , that her endeavours will be always pleasing , and that he will still find the af . fection of her husband rising towards her in proportion as his doubts and suspicions vanish ; for , as we ...
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This barbarous instance of a wild unreasonable passion quite put out , for a time , those little remains of affection she still had for her lord . Her thoughts were so wholly taken up with the cruelty of his orders , that she could not ...
This barbarous instance of a wild unreasonable passion quite put out , for a time , those little remains of affection she still had for her lord . Her thoughts were so wholly taken up with the cruelty of his orders , that she could not ...
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Both of them wept very tenderly at their reconciliation , and Herod poured out his whole soul to her in the warmest protestations of love and constancy ; when amidst all his fighs and languishings she asked him , whether the private ...
Both of them wept very tenderly at their reconciliation , and Herod poured out his whole soul to her in the warmest protestations of love and constancy ; when amidst all his fighs and languishings she asked him , whether the private ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 3 The Spectator |
| Publisher | Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 |
| Original from | Ghent University |
| Digitized | 29 Jun 2009 |
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