“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 22
... writing , with my natural averfion to loquacity , give me a good deal of employment when I enter any houfe in the country ; for I cannot for my heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly examined the walls of it , and examined the ...
... writing , with my natural averfion to loquacity , give me a good deal of employment when I enter any houfe in the country ; for I cannot for my heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly examined the walls of it , and examined the ...
Page 25
... writer obferves , the face of that prince was like the face of an eagle , and that the prince was very well pleafed to be told fo . In this cafe therefore we may be fure , that he had in his mind fome general implicit notion of this art ...
... writer obferves , the face of that prince was like the face of an eagle , and that the prince was very well pleafed to be told fo . In this cafe therefore we may be fure , that he had in his mind fome general implicit notion of this art ...
Page 31
... write a fatyr upon grooms , has a great deal of reafon for his refentment ; and I know no evil which touches all mankind fo much as this of the misbehaviour of fervants . THE Complaint of this letter runs wholly upon men- fervants ; and ...
... write a fatyr upon grooms , has a great deal of reafon for his refentment ; and I know no evil which touches all mankind fo much as this of the misbehaviour of fervants . THE Complaint of this letter runs wholly upon men- fervants ; and ...
Page 44
... write verfes , on thofe occafions , the rest of the world repeat the verfes of others . Thefe fervants of the ladies were used to imitate their manner of converfi- tion , and allude to one another , rather than interchange difcourfe in ...
... write verfes , on thofe occafions , the rest of the world repeat the verfes of others . Thefe fervants of the ladies were used to imitate their manner of converfi- tion , and allude to one another , rather than interchange difcourfe in ...
Page 57
... writes , though I am thus fcrupulous at the price of being ridiculous . Mr SPECTATOR , I WAS very well pleafed with your difcourfe upon general mourning , and fhould be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more deeply , and ...
... writes , though I am thus fcrupulous at the price of being ridiculous . Mr SPECTATOR , I WAS very well pleafed with your difcourfe upon general mourning , and fhould be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more deeply , and ...
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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