The Spectator, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English essays |
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... death , to be prefent at the Olympic games , notwithstanding these were the pub- lic diverfions of all Greece . As onr English women excel thofe of all other nations in beauty , they should endeavour to outfhine them in all other ...
... death , to be prefent at the Olympic games , notwithstanding these were the pub- lic diverfions of all Greece . As onr English women excel thofe of all other nations in beauty , they should endeavour to outfhine them in all other ...
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... death of a relation . Upon coming to this unexpected good for- tune , he ran into all the extravagancies imaginable ; was frequently in drunken difputes , broke drawers heads , talked and fwore loud , was unmannerly to thofe above him ...
... death of a relation . Upon coming to this unexpected good for- tune , he ran into all the extravagancies imaginable ; was frequently in drunken difputes , broke drawers heads , talked and fwore loud , was unmannerly to thofe above him ...
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... death only attends the breach of them , and " fhame obedience to them ? As for me , oh Pharamond , " were it poffible to defcribe the nameless kinds of com- " " sc punctions and tenderneffes I feel , when I reflect upon " the little ...
... death only attends the breach of them , and " fhame obedience to them ? As for me , oh Pharamond , " were it poffible to defcribe the nameless kinds of com- " " sc punctions and tenderneffes I feel , when I reflect upon " the little ...
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... death : he is tor- mented with defires which it is impoffible for him to gratify , folicited by a paffion that has neither objects nor organs adapted to it : he lives in a state of invin- cible defire and impotence , and always burns in ...
... death : he is tor- mented with defires which it is impoffible for him to gratify , folicited by a paffion that has neither objects nor organs adapted to it : he lives in a state of invin- cible defire and impotence , and always burns in ...
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us the punishment of a voluptuary after death , not un- like that which we are here fpeaking of . - 66 " Lucent genialibus altis " Aurea fulcra toris , epulæque ante ora paratæ Regifico luxu : Furiarum maxima juxta " Accubat , & manibus ...
us the punishment of a voluptuary after death , not un- like that which we are here fpeaking of . - 66 " Lucent genialibus altis " Aurea fulcra toris , epulæque ante ora paratæ Regifico luxu : Furiarum maxima juxta " Accubat , & manibus ...
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againſt beauty becauſe befides behaviour bufinefs circumftances confider confideration converfation courfe creature defign defire difcourfe drefs eftate Eudoxus exercife exprefs eyes faid fame faſhion fatire fecret feems feen felf felves fenfe fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul fpeak fpecies fpeculation fpirit friend Sir Roger ftand ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure gentleman give Glaphyra greateſt herſelf himſelf honeft honour houfe humble fervant humour ibid inftances itſelf lady laft lefs live look mafter manner meaſure mind moft moſt muft myſelf nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon Pharamond pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preferve raiſed reafon refpect reft ſhe ſpeak Spectator thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion ufual underſtanding uſe Virg virtue Wedneſday whofe woman women words young