The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 44
... pleasure , and without scandal . As her reading has lain very much among romances , it has given her a very particular turn of thinking , and difcovers itself even in her house , her gardens , and her furniture . Sir Roger has enterta ...
... pleasure , and without scandal . As her reading has lain very much among romances , it has given her a very particular turn of thinking , and difcovers itself even in her house , her gardens , and her furniture . Sir Roger has enterta ...
Page 45
... pleasure in little perfections robs us ef what is due to us for great virtues and worthy qualities . How many excel ... pleasure ; and fuch a pleasure it is which one meets with in the reprefentation of a well - written tragedy . Di ...
... pleasure in little perfections robs us ef what is due to us for great virtues and worthy qualities . How many excel ... pleasure ; and fuch a pleasure it is which one meets with in the reprefentation of a well - written tragedy . Di ...
Page 66
... Pleasure choose To be thy lord ? Take one , and one refuse . When a government flourishes in conquefts , and 3 fecure from foreign attacks , it naturally falls into all the pleasures of luxury ; and as these pleasures are very expenfive ...
... Pleasure choose To be thy lord ? Take one , and one refuse . When a government flourishes in conquefts , and 3 fecure from foreign attacks , it naturally falls into all the pleasures of luxury ; and as these pleasures are very expenfive ...
Page 92
... pleasure in confidering this being as an uncertain one , and think to reap an advantage by its difcontinuance , is ... pleasures , and great anxieties ; but fees it in quite another light ; his griefs are momentary , and his joys ...
... pleasure in confidering this being as an uncertain one , and think to reap an advantage by its difcontinuance , is ... pleasures , and great anxieties ; but fees it in quite another light ; his griefs are momentary , and his joys ...
Page 93
... pleasure in converfation but among equals ; and would pleafantly bewail himself that he always lived in a crowd ... pleasures of an agreeable private man and a great and powerful monarch : he gave himself with his companion , the name of ...
... pleasure in converfation but among equals ; and would pleafantly bewail himself that he always lived in a crowd ... pleasures of an agreeable private man and a great and powerful monarch : he gave himself with his companion , the name of ...
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