The Spectator, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1924 |
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Page 22
... speaking , but with that exact Nation it bears the highest Reproach ; for a Man to be mistaken in the Calculation of his Expence , in his Ability to answer future Demands , or to be impertinently sanguine in putting his Credit to too ...
... speaking , but with that exact Nation it bears the highest Reproach ; for a Man to be mistaken in the Calculation of his Expence , in his Ability to answer future Demands , or to be impertinently sanguine in putting his Credit to too ...
Page 32
... speak of it as it is a Moral Virtue . The first may make a Man easie in himself , and agreeable to others , but implies no Merit in him that is possessed of it . Man is no more to be praised upon this Account , than because he has a ...
... speak of it as it is a Moral Virtue . The first may make a Man easie in himself , and agreeable to others , but implies no Merit in him that is possessed of it . Man is no more to be praised upon this Account , than because he has a ...
Page 37
... speak of that Torture in the Breast of a Man , and not to mention also the Pangs of it in the Heart of a Woman . You have very judiciously , and with the greatest Penetration imagin able , considered it as Woman is the Creature of whom ...
... speak of that Torture in the Breast of a Man , and not to mention also the Pangs of it in the Heart of a Woman . You have very judiciously , and with the greatest Penetration imagin able , considered it as Woman is the Creature of whom ...
Page 48
... speaking in my behalf . She told him with abundance of Tears that I was come to see him , that I could not speak to her for weep ing , and that I should certainly break my Heart if he refused at that time to give me his Blessing , and ...
... speaking in my behalf . She told him with abundance of Tears that I was come to see him , that I could not speak to her for weep ing , and that I should certainly break my Heart if he refused at that time to give me his Blessing , and ...
Page 49
... speak no more of me , unless she had No. 181 . a Mind to disturb him in his last Moments ; for , Sir , you Thursday must know that he has the Reputation of an honest and Sept. 27 , religious Man , which makes my Misfortune so much the ...
... speak no more of me , unless she had No. 181 . a Mind to disturb him in his last Moments ; for , Sir , you Thursday must know that he has the Reputation of an honest and Sept. 27 , religious Man , which makes my Misfortune so much the ...
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