The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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S the profeffed design of this work is to entertain its readers in general , without giving offence to any particular person , it would be difficult to find out to proper à patron for it as yourself , there being none whose merit is ...
S the profeffed design of this work is to entertain its readers in general , without giving offence to any particular person , it would be difficult to find out to proper à patron for it as yourself , there being none whose merit is ...
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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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And here , among the other torments which this paf . fion produces , we may usaally observe that none are greater mourners than jealous nen , when the person who provoked their jealousy is taken from them . Then it is that their love ...
And here , among the other torments which this paf . fion produces , we may usaally observe that none are greater mourners than jealous nen , when the person who provoked their jealousy is taken from them . Then it is that their love ...
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H AVING in my yesterday's Paper discovered the nature of Jealousy , and pointed out the persons who are most subject to it , I must here apply my . self to my fair correspondents , who defire to live well with a Jealous Husband , and to ...
H AVING in my yesterday's Paper discovered the nature of Jealousy , and pointed out the persons who are most subject to it , I must here apply my . self to my fair correspondents , who defire to live well with a Jealous Husband , and to ...
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