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Page 12
... Confusion , and the same Sentence that wou'd have enlightened the Reader in
one Part of a Discourse , perplexes him in another . For the same Reason
likewise every Thought in a methodical Discourse shews it self in its greatest
Beauty ...
... Confusion , and the same Sentence that wou'd have enlightened the Reader in
one Part of a Discourse , perplexes him in another . For the same Reason
likewise every Thought in a methodical Discourse shews it self in its greatest
Beauty ...
Page 20
... all who are under the same Misfortunes with the most agreeable Manner of
concealing it ; and that on the other Side , every one who has any Beauty in Face
or Shape , may also be furnish'd with the most agreeable Manner of shewing it .
... all who are under the same Misfortunes with the most agreeable Manner of
concealing it ; and that on the other Side , every one who has any Beauty in Face
or Shape , may also be furnish'd with the most agreeable Manner of shewing it .
Page 36
She can tell you what Sin it was that set such a Man's House on Fire , or blew
down his Barns . Talk to her of an unfortunate young Lady that lost her Beauty by
the Small - Pox , she fetches a deep Sigh , and tells you , that when she had a
fine ...
She can tell you what Sin it was that set such a Man's House on Fire , or blew
down his Barns . Talk to her of an unfortunate young Lady that lost her Beauty by
the Small - Pox , she fetches a deep Sigh , and tells you , that when she had a
fine ...
Page 46
... Passengers only with a Side - Face , with a Book in his Hand ; sometimes
being so generous as to expose the Whole in the Fullness of its Beauty ; at the
other Times , by a judicious throwing back of his Perriwig , he would throw in his
Ears .
... Passengers only with a Side - Face , with a Book in his Hand ; sometimes
being so generous as to expose the Whole in the Fullness of its Beauty ; at the
other Times , by a judicious throwing back of his Perriwig , he would throw in his
Ears .
Page 63
But above all the Hints of this Kind I have met with in Writers of ancient Date , I am
pleased with an Epigram of Martial , in Honour of the Beauty of his Wife
Cleopatra . Commentators say it was written the Day after his Wedding - Night .
But above all the Hints of this Kind I have met with in Writers of ancient Date , I am
pleased with an Epigram of Martial , in Honour of the Beauty of his Wife
Cleopatra . Commentators say it was written the Day after his Wedding - Night .
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays [no. 164-167] The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Contributor | George Gregory Smith |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2014 |
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