The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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His pleasure arises from his disappointments , and his life is spent in pursuit of a secret that destroys his happiness if he chance to find it . An ardent love is always a strong ingredient in this paffion ; for the same affection ...
His pleasure arises from his disappointments , and his life is spent in pursuit of a secret that destroys his happiness if he chance to find it . An ardent love is always a strong ingredient in this paffion ; for the same affection ...
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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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There are many who take a kind of barbarous pleasure in the jealousy of those who love them , that insult over an aking hearty , and triumph io their charms which are able to excite so much uneasiness .
There are many who take a kind of barbarous pleasure in the jealousy of those who love them , that insult over an aking hearty , and triumph io their charms which are able to excite so much uneasiness .
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While I keep her in this temper she plays before me , sometimes dancing in the midst of The room , sometimes Atriking an air at her spinnet , varying her posture and her charms in such a manner • that I am in continual pleasure .
While I keep her in this temper she plays before me , sometimes dancing in the midst of The room , sometimes Atriking an air at her spinnet , varying her posture and her charms in such a manner • that I am in continual pleasure .
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... who find no pleasure but in Papers of morality and found fenfe . ' The former call every thing that is serious , ftupid ; the latter look apon every thing as impertinent that is ludicrous . Were 1 THE SPECTATOR . N ° 178.
... who find no pleasure but in Papers of morality and found fenfe . ' The former call every thing that is serious , ftupid ; the latter look apon every thing as impertinent that is ludicrous . Were 1 THE SPECTATOR . N ° 178.
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