The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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Page 27
... Woman , and am defpairing , dy- " ing for the Picture . My own Skill has undone me ; ' tis not the Dart of " Venus , but my own Pencil has thus wounded me . Ah me ! with what " Anxiety am I neceffitated to adore ઃઃ my own Idol ? How ...
... Woman , and am defpairing , dy- " ing for the Picture . My own Skill has undone me ; ' tis not the Dart of " Venus , but my own Pencil has thus wounded me . Ah me ! with what " Anxiety am I neceffitated to adore ઃઃ my own Idol ? How ...
Page 49
... in an Affembly of Ladies , ' or even in a Pew at Church , it is in the Power of a grofs Coxcomb to ut- ter what a Woman cannot avoid hear- VOL . VII . C ing , ing , how miferable is her Condition who comes within No 242. The SPECTATOR . 49.
... in an Affembly of Ladies , ' or even in a Pew at Church , it is in the Power of a grofs Coxcomb to ut- ter what a Woman cannot avoid hear- VOL . VII . C ing , ing , how miferable is her Condition who comes within No 242. The SPECTATOR . 49.
Page 51
... Woman , comes and brings the Wife word , that he had a Benefit of five hundred Pounds . The poor Creature overjoyed , flies up Stairs to her Hus- band , who was then at work , and de- fires him to leave his Loom for that " Even- C2 ...
... Woman , comes and brings the Wife word , that he had a Benefit of five hundred Pounds . The poor Creature overjoyed , flies up Stairs to her Hus- band , who was then at work , and de- fires him to leave his Loom for that " Even- C2 ...
Page 52
... Woman upon this faints a- way in a Fit , recovers , and is now run diftracted . As fhe had no Design to defraud her Husband , but was wil- ling only to participate in his good Fortune , every one pities her , but thinks her Husband's ...
... Woman upon this faints a- way in a Fit , recovers , and is now run diftracted . As fhe had no Design to defraud her Husband , but was wil- ling only to participate in his good Fortune , every one pities her , but thinks her Husband's ...
Page 53
... Woman . Whilft they should have been confidering the proper Ingredients for a Sack - Poffet , you should hear a Difpute concerning the magnetical Virtue of the Load- ftone , or perhaps the Preffure of the Atmosphere : Their Language is ...
... Woman . Whilft they should have been confidering the proper Ingredients for a Sack - Poffet , you should hear a Difpute concerning the magnetical Virtue of the Load- ftone , or perhaps the Preffure of the Atmosphere : Their Language is ...
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Action Affembly againſt agreeable alfo Beauty becauſe beft Behaviour beſt caft Character Circumftances Colours Confideration Converfation defcribed Defign Defire of Fame Difcourfe difcover Drefs Efteem Epic Poetry expreffed faid fecret feems feen feldom felf felves fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpeak Friend ftill fuch fure give greateſt Happineſs himſelf Honour Houſe Hudibras humble Servant ibid Iliad innocent juft kind Ladies laft leaft lefs loft look Love manner Marriage meaſure Mind moft moſt Mufick muft muſt Nature nerally Nurfe obferve Occafion Ovid paffed Paffion Perfon pleafing pleaſed Pleaſure Poem poffibly Praiſe prefent preferve propofe publick Purpoſe racter raiſe Reader Reaſon ſelf Senfe ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR tell thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Thoughts tion Town ture underſtand uſe Virgil Virtue whofe Wife Woman World