The Spectator, Volume 3Harrison and Company, 1793 - English essays |
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... mind of an ill thing that the would not otherwife per- haps have thought of , and fills her imagination with such an unlucky idea , as in time grows familiar , excites defire , and lofes all the fhame and horror which might at firft ...
... mind of an ill thing that the would not otherwife per- haps have thought of , and fills her imagination with such an unlucky idea , as in time grows familiar , excites defire , and lofes all the fhame and horror which might at firft ...
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... mind of it's unjuft fufpicions . The first rule I fhall propofe to be observed is , that you never feem to diflike in another what the jealous man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in which he himself does not excel . A ...
... mind of it's unjuft fufpicions . The first rule I fhall propofe to be observed is , that you never feem to diflike in another what the jealous man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in which he himself does not excel . A ...
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... mind destroy , A lover's torments give her fpiteful joy . Juv . But thefe often carry the humour fo far , until their affected coldness and indifference quite kills all the fond- nefs nefs of a lover , and are then sure to 8 THE SPECTATOR .
... mind destroy , A lover's torments give her fpiteful joy . Juv . But thefe often carry the humour fo far , until their affected coldness and indifference quite kills all the fond- nefs nefs of a lover , and are then sure to 8 THE SPECTATOR .
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... mind all thofe fears and fufpicions that make you both unhappy . At least it will have this good effect , that he will keep his jealousy to himself , and repine in private , either because he is fenfible it is a weakness , and will ...
... mind all thofe fears and fufpicions that make you both unhappy . At least it will have this good effect , that he will keep his jealousy to himself , and repine in private , either because he is fenfible it is a weakness , and will ...
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... mind prepared to meet dan- ger , if excited by it's own eagerness , and not the pub- lick good , deferves the name ... minds from the obfervation of any excellence in those we converfe with , until we have taken fome notice , or received ...
... mind prepared to meet dan- ger , if excited by it's own eagerness , and not the pub- lick good , deferves the name ... minds from the obfervation of any excellence in those we converfe with , until we have taken fome notice , or received ...
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