The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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He does not trouble himself to consider the person , but to direct the character ; and is secretly pleased or confounded as he finds more or less - of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his Jealousy ...
He does not trouble himself to consider the person , but to direct the character ; and is secretly pleased or confounded as he finds more or less - of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his Jealousy ...
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... and that by confequence your affection dues not rise fo high as he thinks it ought . if therefore his semper be grave or fullen , you mutt not be too much pleased with a jeft , or transported with any thing that is gay and diverting ...
... and that by confequence your affection dues not rise fo high as he thinks it ought . if therefore his semper be grave or fullen , you mutt not be too much pleased with a jeft , or transported with any thing that is gay and diverting ...
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I say this in answer to what Sir Roger is pleased to say , That little that is truly noble can be expected from one who is ever poring on his cash - book , or balancing his accounts . When I have my returns from abroad , I can tell to a ...
I say this in answer to what Sir Roger is pleased to say , That little that is truly noble can be expected from one who is ever poring on his cash - book , or balancing his accounts . When I have my returns from abroad , I can tell to a ...
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I had no way left but to let down my curtains , • which I submitted to though it considerably darkened my room , and was pleased to think that I had at last got the better of her ; but was surprised the next morning to hear her talking ...
I had no way left but to let down my curtains , • which I submitted to though it considerably darkened my room , and was pleased to think that I had at last got the better of her ; but was surprised the next morning to hear her talking ...
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OU were pleased in a late Speculation to take notice of the inconvenience we lie under in the • country , in not being able to keep pace with the • faihion * . But there is another misfortune which we are subject to , and is no less ...
OU were pleased in a late Speculation to take notice of the inconvenience we lie under in the • country , in not being able to keep pace with the • faihion * . But there is another misfortune which we are subject to , and is no less ...
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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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