The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... happiness , and no perfon more than your humble fervant , · · BE Lydia . E not in pain , good Madam , for my appearance in town ; I fhall frequent no publick płaces , or make any vifits where the character of a modest wife is ridiculous ...
... happiness , and no perfon more than your humble fervant , · · BE Lydia . E not in pain , good Madam , for my appearance in town ; I fhall frequent no publick płaces , or make any vifits where the character of a modest wife is ridiculous ...
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( " · am your friend , and wish you happiness , but am forry to fee by the air of your letter that there are a set of women who are got into the common - place rallery of every thing that is fober , decent , and proper : Ma- ' trimony ...
( " · am your friend , and wish you happiness , but am forry to fee by the air of your letter that there are a set of women who are got into the common - place rallery of every thing that is fober , decent , and proper : Ma- ' trimony ...
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... happiness that attends a great cha- racter , and the multitude of difquietudes to which the defire of it fubjects an ambitious mind , one would be ftill the more furprised to see so many restless candidates for glory . Ambition raises a ...
... happiness that attends a great cha- racter , and the multitude of difquietudes to which the defire of it fubjects an ambitious mind , one would be ftill the more furprised to see so many restless candidates for glory . Ambition raises a ...
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... dejected by their cenfures . How little therefore is the happiness of an ambitious man , who gives every one a dominion over it , who thus fubjects himself to B 2 the the good or ill fpeeches of others , and puts N ° 256 27 THE SPECTATOR .
... dejected by their cenfures . How little therefore is the happiness of an ambitious man , who gives every one a dominion over it , who thus fubjects himself to B 2 the the good or ill fpeeches of others , and puts N ° 256 27 THE SPECTATOR .
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... happiness is fo very precarious , that it wholly depends upon the will of others . We are not only tortured by the reproaches which are offered us , but are disappointed by the filence of men when it is unexpected ; and humbled even by ...
... happiness is fo very precarious , that it wholly depends upon the will of others . We are not only tortured by the reproaches which are offered us , but are disappointed by the filence of men when it is unexpected ; and humbled even by ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcovered drefs fable faid falutation fame feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeculations fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs look mafter mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion particular perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman