“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... virtues are of a domestic turn . The family is the proper province for private wo- men to shine in . If they must be fhewing their zeal for the public , let it not be against thofe who are perhaps of the fame family , or at least of the ...
... virtues are of a domestic turn . The family is the proper province for private wo- men to shine in . If they must be fhewing their zeal for the public , let it not be against thofe who are perhaps of the fame family , or at least of the ...
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... virtue , when it is lodged in a body that feems to have been prepared for the reception of vice ; in many fuch cafes the foul and the body do not feem to be fellows . SOCRATES was an extraordinary inftance of this na- ture . There ...
... virtue , when it is lodged in a body that feems to have been prepared for the reception of vice ; in many fuch cafes the foul and the body do not feem to be fellows . SOCRATES was an extraordinary inftance of this na- ture . There ...
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... virtue and the confcience of her worth , That wou'd be wor'd , and not unfought be won , Not obvious , not obtrufive , but retir'd . The more defirable : or , to fay all , Nature herself , though pure of finful thought , Wrought in her ...
... virtue and the confcience of her worth , That wou'd be wor'd , and not unfought be won , Not obvious , not obtrufive , but retir'd . The more defirable : or , to fay all , Nature herself , though pure of finful thought , Wrought in her ...
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... virtue and defire , ' Till the poor vanquish'd maid diffolves away In dreams all night , in fighs and tears all day . WHEN Craftin had uttered thefe verfes , with a ten- derness which at once spoke paffion and respect , Honoria caft a ...
... virtue and defire , ' Till the poor vanquish'd maid diffolves away In dreams all night , in fighs and tears all day . WHEN Craftin had uttered thefe verfes , with a ten- derness which at once spoke paffion and respect , Honoria caft a ...
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... Virtues of Cam- phire , with Directions to make Gamphire Tea . The Plea- Jures of a Country life . The Government of the Tongue . A letter dated from Cheapfide defires me that I would ad- vife all young wives to make themselves ...
... Virtues of Cam- phire , with Directions to make Gamphire Tea . The Plea- Jures of a Country life . The Government of the Tongue . A letter dated from Cheapfide defires me that I would ad- vife all young wives to make themselves ...
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againſt beauty becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cife circumftances confider confideration converfation courfe creature defire difcourfe drefs eftate exercife expreffed faid fame faſhion fecret feems felf felves fenfe fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul fpeak fpecies fpeculation fpirit friend Sir ROGER ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure gentleman give greateſt herſelf himſelf honeft honour houfe houſe humble fervant humour huſband inftances itſelf lady laft lefs live look mafter manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferve occafion paffion pafs perfon Pharamond pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poffible prefent preferve racter raiſed reafon refpect reft ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtill ſtory thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion ufual underſtand uſe VIRG whofe woman women young