The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 18
... purpose than to gain a conqueft over fome man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confeffion , the defign is modeft and honourable , and all your affecta- tion cannot disguise it ...
... purpose than to gain a conqueft over fome man of worth , in order to bestow your charms and fortune on him . There is no indecency in the confeffion , the defign is modeft and honourable , and all your affecta- tion cannot disguise it ...
Page 32
... purposes and defigns , to the laft intire finishing and confummation of a good habit . He beholds the first imperfect rudiments of a virtue in the foul , and keeps a watchful eye over it in all its progrefs , until it has received every ...
... purposes and defigns , to the laft intire finishing and confummation of a good habit . He beholds the first imperfect rudiments of a virtue in the foul , and keeps a watchful eye over it in all its progrefs , until it has received every ...
Page 35
... purpose of poetry , we consent that that is not only the true way of relishing that pleasure , ' but also that without it a compofure of mufick is the ' fame thing as a poem , where all the rules of poetical ' numbers are observed ...
... purpose of poetry , we consent that that is not only the true way of relishing that pleasure , ' but also that without it a compofure of mufick is the ' fame thing as a poem , where all the rules of poetical ' numbers are observed ...
Page 38
... purpose overflattered , are apt to practise this which one may call the preventing afpect , and throw their atten- tion another way , left they should confer a bow or curtly upon a person who might not appear to deferve that dig- nity ...
... purpose overflattered , are apt to practise this which one may call the preventing afpect , and throw their atten- tion another way , left they should confer a bow or curtly upon a person who might not appear to deferve that dig- nity ...
Page 56
... purpose , which was to celebrate a certain particular manner of paffing away life , and is a contradiction to no man , but a refolution to contract none of the exorbitant defires by which others are en- flaved . The best way of ...
... purpose , which was to celebrate a certain particular manner of paffing away life , and is a contradiction to no man , but a refolution to contract none of the exorbitant defires by which others are en- flaved . The best way of ...
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