The Spectator, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English essays |
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Page 23
... writing , with my natural averfion to loquacity , give me a good deal of employment when I enter any house in the coun- try ; for I cannot for my heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly ftudied 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 house in the coun- try ; for I cannot for my heart leave a room , before I have thoroughly ftudied the walls of it , and examined the ...
Page 26
... human features . I remember , in the life of the famous Prince of Conde , the writer observes , the face of that Prince was like the face of an eagle , and 3 and that the Prince was very well pleafed to be 26 No 86 THE SPECTATOR .
... human features . I remember , in the life of the famous Prince of Conde , the writer observes , the face of that Prince was like the face of an eagle , and 3 and that the Prince was very well pleafed to be 26 No 86 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 33
... write a fatire upon grooms , has a great deal of reason 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 ...
... write a fatire upon grooms , has a great deal of reason 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 ...
Page 46
... write verfes on thofe occafions , the rest of the world repeat the verses of others . These fervants of the ladies were used to imitate their manner of converfation , and allude to one another , rather than interchange difcourfe in what ...
... write verfes on thofe occafions , the rest of the world repeat the verses of others . These fervants of the ladies were used to imitate their manner of converfation , and allude to one another , rather than interchange difcourfe in what ...
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... writes , though I am thus . fcrupulous at the price of being ridiculous .. ་ I • Mr. Spectator , Was very well pleased with your difcourfe upon ge- neral mourning , and fhould be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more ...
... writes , though I am thus . fcrupulous at the price of being ridiculous .. ་ I • Mr. Spectator , Was very well pleased with your difcourfe upon ge- neral mourning , and fhould be obliged to you if you would enter into the matter more ...
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