The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... particular person , it would be difficult to find out to proper à patron for it as yourself , there being none whose merit is more universally acknowledyed by all parties , and who has made himself more friends , and fewer enemies .
... particular person , it would be difficult to find out to proper à patron for it as yourself , there being none whose merit is more universally acknowledyed by all parties , and who has made himself more friends , and fewer enemies .
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For the jealous man wishes himself a kind of deity to the person he loves . He would be the only pleasure of her senses , the employment of her thoughts ; and is angry at every thing the admires , or takes delight in , besides himself .
For the jealous man wishes himself a kind of deity to the person he loves . He would be the only pleasure of her senses , the employment of her thoughts ; and is angry at every thing the admires , or takes delight in , besides himself .
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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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with a Jealous Husband , and to ease his mind of its unjuft fufpicions The First Rule I shall propose to be observed is , that you never seem to dislike in another what the Jealous Man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in ...
with a Jealous Husband , and to ease his mind of its unjuft fufpicions The First Rule I shall propose to be observed is , that you never seem to dislike in another what the Jealous Man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in ...
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... And melt my very soul away . you dislike The Jealous Man is not indeed angry if another : but if you find thole faulis which are to be jound in his own character , you discover not only your diflike of another , but of himself .
... And melt my very soul away . you dislike The Jealous Man is not indeed angry if another : but if you find thole faulis which are to be jound in his own character , you discover not only your diflike of another , but of himself .
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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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