“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... thoughts hang at beft in a state of doubt- fulness and uncertainty and are never capable of receiv- ing any fatisfaction on the advantageous fide ; fo that his inquiries are moft fuccessful when they difcover nothing : his pleasure ...
... thoughts hang at beft in a state of doubt- fulness and uncertainty and are never capable of receiv- ing any fatisfaction on the advantageous fide ; fo that his inquiries are moft fuccessful when they difcover nothing : his pleasure ...
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... thoughts ; and is angry at every thing fie admires , or takes delight in , befides himself . PHEDRIA's request to his miftrefs , upon his leav .. ing her for three days , is inimitably beautiful and natural . Cum milite iflo præfens ...
... thoughts ; and is angry at every thing fie admires , or takes delight in , befides himself . PHEDRIA's request to his miftrefs , upon his leav .. ing her for three days , is inimitably beautiful and natural . Cum milite iflo præfens ...
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... thought of , and fills her imagination with fuch an unlucky idea , as in time grows familiar , excites defire , and lofes all the fhame and horror which might at first attend it . Nor is it a wonder if the who fuffers wrongfully in a ...
... thought of , and fills her imagination with fuch an unlucky idea , as in time grows familiar , excites defire , and lofes all the fhame and horror which might at first attend it . Nor is it a wonder if the who fuffers wrongfully in a ...
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... thoughts upon their wives . A SECOND fort of men , who are most liable to this paf- fion , are thofe of cunning , wary , and ... thought . They put a conftruction on a look , and find out a design in a fmile ; they give new fenfes and ...
... thoughts upon their wives . A SECOND fort of men , who are most liable to this paf- fion , are thofe of cunning , wary , and ... thought . They put a conftruction on a look , and find out a design in a fmile ; they give new fenfes and ...
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... thoughts were fo wholly taken up with the cruel- ty of his orders , that fhe could not confider the kindness that produced them , and therefore represented him in her imagination rather under the frightful idea of a murderer than a ...
... thoughts were fo wholly taken up with the cruel- ty of his orders , that fhe could not confider the kindness that produced them , and therefore represented him in her imagination rather under the frightful idea of a murderer than a ...
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