The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... talk : Good Gods ! how he would talk ! THAT unexpected Break in the Line , and turning the Defcription of his manner of Talking into an Admira- tion of it , is inexpreffibly Beautiful , and won- wonderfully fuited to the fond Character ...
... talk : Good Gods ! how he would talk ! THAT unexpected Break in the Line , and turning the Defcription of his manner of Talking into an Admira- tion of it , is inexpreffibly Beautiful , and won- wonderfully fuited to the fond Character ...
Page 60
... talking Poli- ticks with her Treffes flowing about her Shoulders , and examining that Face in the Glafs , which does fuch Executi- on upon all the Male Standers - by . How prettily prettily does the divide her Discourse between her ...
... talking Poli- ticks with her Treffes flowing about her Shoulders , and examining that Face in the Glafs , which does fuch Executi- on upon all the Male Standers - by . How prettily prettily does the divide her Discourse between her ...
Page 61
... talk of Things that should only be mentioned in Private , or in Whisper , are looked upon as Parts of a refined Education . At the fame time , a Blush is unfashionable , and Silence more more ill - bred than any thing that can be N ° 45 ...
... talk of Things that should only be mentioned in Private , or in Whisper , are looked upon as Parts of a refined Education . At the fame time , a Blush is unfashionable , and Silence more more ill - bred than any thing that can be N ° 45 ...
Page 63
... talking of the Ghost of Banquo . She had by this time formed a little Audience to her felf , and fixed the Attention of all about her . But as I had a mind to hear the Play , I got out of the Sphere of her Impertinence , and planted my ...
... talking of the Ghost of Banquo . She had by this time formed a little Audience to her felf , and fixed the Attention of all about her . But as I had a mind to hear the Play , I got out of the Sphere of her Impertinence , and planted my ...
Page 87
... talk , he can still be more agreeable to his Company , as well as pleased in himself , in being only an Hearer . It is a Secret known but to few , yet of no fmall use in the Conduct of Life , that when you fall into a Man's Converfation ...
... talk , he can still be more agreeable to his Company , as well as pleased in himself , in being only an Hearer . It is a Secret known but to few , yet of no fmall use in the Conduct of Life , that when you fall into a Man's Converfation ...
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