The Spectator ...George Gregory Smith J. M. Dent & Company, 1898 |
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... Modesty , will now Flourish like a Rose in June , with all her Virgin Blushes and Sweetness about her : I must , however , desire these last to consider , how shame ful it would be for a General , who has made a successful Campaign , to ...
... Modesty , will now Flourish like a Rose in June , with all her Virgin Blushes and Sweetness about her : I must , however , desire these last to consider , how shame ful it would be for a General , who has made a successful Campaign , to ...
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... Modesty , I shall leave it to the Divines to guard them against the opposite Vice , as they may be overpowered by Temptations ; It is sufficient for me to have warned them against it , as they may be led astray by Instinct , I desire ...
... Modesty , I shall leave it to the Divines to guard them against the opposite Vice , as they may be overpowered by Temptations ; It is sufficient for me to have warned them against it , as they may be led astray by Instinct , I desire ...
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... Modesty and its Interests in the World , that the Transgression of it always creates Offence ; and the very Purposes of Wantonness are defeated by a Carriage which has in it so much Boldness No. 400. Boldness , as to intimate that Fear ...
... Modesty and its Interests in the World , that the Transgression of it always creates Offence ; and the very Purposes of Wantonness are defeated by a Carriage which has in it so much Boldness No. 400. Boldness , as to intimate that Fear ...
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... Modesty of a Woman's Manners , Rusticity , broad Expression , and forward Obtrusion , offend those of Education , and make the Transgressors odious to all who have Merit enough to attract Regard . It is in this Taste that the Scenary is ...
... Modesty of a Woman's Manners , Rusticity , broad Expression , and forward Obtrusion , offend those of Education , and make the Transgressors odious to all who have Merit enough to attract Regard . It is in this Taste that the Scenary is ...
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... Modesty , She went on with a familiar easie Air , Your Friend , Mr. HONEYCOMB , is a little surprised to see a Woman here alone and unattended ; but I dis missed my Coach at the Gate , and tripped it down to my Council's Chambers , for ...
... Modesty , She went on with a familiar easie Air , Your Friend , Mr. HONEYCOMB , is a little surprised to see a Woman here alone and unattended ; but I dis missed my Coach at the Gate , and tripped it down to my Council's Chambers , for ...
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Page 163 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 253 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 11 - ... for whose sake I am now as I am, whose name I could some good while since have pointed unto, your Grace being not ignorant of my suspicion therein. But if you have already determined of me, and that not only my death, but an infamous slander must bring you the enjoying of your desired happiness ; then I desire of God, that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise...
Page 275 - I have set the LORD always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 253 - There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Page 56 - We cannot indeed have a single Image in the Fancy that did not make its first Entrance through the Sight; but we have the Power of retaining, altering and compounding those Images, which we have once received, into all the Varieties of Picture and Vision that are most agreeable to the Imagination...
Page 253 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth...
Page 58 - Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions.
Page 155 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 10 - YOUR grace's displeasure, and my imprisonment, are things so strange unto me, as what to write, or what to excuse, I am altogether ignorant. Whereas you send unto me (willing me to confess a truth, and so obtain your favour) by such an one, whom you know to be mine ancient professed enemy.