The Spectator, Volume 3Tonson, 1739 |
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... Husbands , and at the fame time protesting their own Innocence ; and defiring my Advice on this Occafion . I fhall ... Husband . JEALOUSY is that Pain which a Man feels from , the Apprehenfion that he is not equally beloved by the Per ...
... Husbands , and at the fame time protesting their own Innocence ; and defiring my Advice on this Occafion . I fhall ... Husband . JEALOUSY is that Pain which a Man feels from , the Apprehenfion that he is not equally beloved by the Per ...
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... Husband . 1 BUT the great Unhappiness of this Paffion is , that it naturally tends to alienate the Affection which ... Husbands ; Be not jealous over the Wife of thy Bofam , and teach her not an evil Leffon against thy felf . Ecclus ...
... Husband . 1 BUT the great Unhappiness of this Paffion is , that it naturally tends to alienate the Affection which ... Husbands ; Be not jealous over the Wife of thy Bofam , and teach her not an evil Leffon against thy felf . Ecclus ...
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... Husband's Memory , and upbraid him with the ill Ufage of fo divine a Crea- ture as was once in his Poffeffion ; whilft all the little Imperfections that were before fo uneafy to him , wear off from his Remembrance , and fhew themselves ...
... Husband's Memory , and upbraid him with the ill Ufage of fo divine a Crea- ture as was once in his Poffeffion ; whilft all the little Imperfections that were before fo uneafy to him , wear off from his Remembrance , and fhew themselves ...
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... Husband fo mifled by Tricks and Artifices , and in the midft of his Inquiries fo loft and bewilder'd in a crooked Intrigue , that they ftill fufpect an Under - Plot in every female Action ; and efpecially where they fee any Refem ...
... Husband fo mifled by Tricks and Artifices , and in the midft of his Inquiries fo loft and bewilder'd in a crooked Intrigue , that they ftill fufpect an Under - Plot in every female Action ; and efpecially where they fee any Refem ...
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... Husband rifing towards her in Proportion as his Doubts and Sufpicions vanish ; for , as we have feen all along , there is fo great a Mixture of Love in Jealoufy as is well worth the feparating . But this fhall be the Sub - 1 ject of ...
... Husband rifing towards her in Proportion as his Doubts and Sufpicions vanish ; for , as we have feen all along , there is fo great a Mixture of Love in Jealoufy as is well worth the feparating . But this fhall be the Sub - 1 ject of ...
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