The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 70
Page 18
... lady as a pattern , though I am very much afraid you will be fo filly to think Portia , & c . Sabine and Roman ⚫ wives much brighter examples . I wish it may never come into your head to imitate those antiquated creatures fo far , as ...
... lady as a pattern , though I am very much afraid you will be fo filly to think Portia , & c . Sabine and Roman ⚫ wives much brighter examples . I wish it may never come into your head to imitate those antiquated creatures fo far , as ...
Page 19
... ladies . The vicar , madam , is fo kind as to vifit my husband , and his agreeable conversation has brought ⚫ him to enjoy many fober happy hours when even I am fhut out , and my dear mafter is entertained only with his own thoughts ...
... ladies . The vicar , madam , is fo kind as to vifit my husband , and his agreeable conversation has brought ⚫ him to enjoy many fober happy hours when even I am fhut out , and my dear mafter is entertained only with his own thoughts ...
Page 39
... lady , who tells me of one of her acquaintance , who , out of mere pride and a pretence to be rude , takes upon her to return no civilities done to her in time of divine fervice , and is the most religious woman for no other reafon but ...
... lady , who tells me of one of her acquaintance , who , out of mere pride and a pretence to be rude , takes upon her to return no civilities done to her in time of divine fervice , and is the most religious woman for no other reafon but ...
Page 41
... ladies of my acquaintance , and my years , may be perfuaded to wear warm night - caps this cold feafon : and that my old friend Jack Tawdry may buy him a cane , and not creep with the air of a • ftrut . I must add to all this , that if ...
... ladies of my acquaintance , and my years , may be perfuaded to wear warm night - caps this cold feafon : and that my old friend Jack Tawdry may buy him a cane , and not creep with the air of a • ftrut . I must add to all this , that if ...
Page 61
... lady , when the is dreffed either for a ball or a birth - day . But to return to our female heads . The ladies have been for fome time in a kind of moulting feafon , with regard to that part of their drefs , having caft great quantities ...
... lady , when the is dreffed either for a ball or a birth - day . But to return to our female heads . The ladies have been for fome time in a kind of moulting feafon , with regard to that part of their drefs , having caft great quantities ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Æneid agreeable alfo anfwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofe give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look mafter mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſhall ſhe Spectator thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman