The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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His thoughts hang at best in a ftate of doubtfulness and uncertainty ; and are never capable of receiving any satisfaction on the advantageous fide ; so that his inquiries are most successful when they discover nothing .
His thoughts hang at best in a ftate of doubtfulness and uncertainty ; and are never capable of receiving any satisfaction on the advantageous fide ; so that his inquiries are most successful when they discover nothing .
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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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A handsome fellow immediately alarms them , and every thing that locks young or gay turns their thoughts upon their wives . A Second fort of men , who are moit liable to this paf- ' fion , are those of cunning , wary , and distruitful ...
A handsome fellow immediately alarms them , and every thing that locks young or gay turns their thoughts upon their wives . A Second fort of men , who are moit liable to this paf- ' fion , are those of cunning , wary , and distruitful ...
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And thus it happens in the affairs of love with men of too refined a thought . They put a construction on a look , and find out a design in a imile ; they give new senses and fignifications to words and actions ; and are ever tormenting ...
And thus it happens in the affairs of love with men of too refined a thought . They put a construction on a look , and find out a design in a imile ; they give new senses and fignifications to words and actions ; and are ever tormenting ...
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Her thoughts were so wholly taken up with the cruelty of his orders , that she could not conlider the kindness that produced them , and therefore represented him in her imagination , rather under the frightful idea of a murderer than a ...
Her thoughts were so wholly taken up with the cruelty of his orders , that she could not conlider the kindness that produced them , and therefore represented him in her imagination , rather under the frightful idea of a murderer than a ...
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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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