The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 50
... Happiness of their Families , in Bar of those honourably near to them , have left immense Wealth to their Paramours . What is this but being a Cully in the Grave ! Sure this is being Hen peck'd with a Vengeance ! But without dwelling ...
... Happiness of their Families , in Bar of those honourably near to them , have left immense Wealth to their Paramours . What is this but being a Cully in the Grave ! Sure this is being Hen peck'd with a Vengeance ! But without dwelling ...
Page 63
... Happiness than we shall meet with in it , we are laughed into a Prepossession , that we shall be disappointed if we hope for lasting Satisfactions , With all Persons who have made good Sense the Rule of Action , Marriage is describ'd as ...
... Happiness than we shall meet with in it , we are laughed into a Prepossession , that we shall be disappointed if we hope for lasting Satisfactions , With all Persons who have made good Sense the Rule of Action , Marriage is describ'd as ...
Page 64
... Happiness unknown to Friendship it self . Spencer speaks of each Kind of Love with great Justice , and attributes the highest Praise to Friendship ; and indeed there is no disputing that Point , but by making that Friendship take Place ...
... Happiness unknown to Friendship it self . Spencer speaks of each Kind of Love with great Justice , and attributes the highest Praise to Friendship ; and indeed there is no disputing that Point , but by making that Friendship take Place ...
Page 97
... happier Man than any Batchelor in England of my Rank and Condition , There is another accidental Advantage in Marriage , which has likewise fallen to my Share , I mean the having a Multitude of Children . These I cannot but regard as ...
... happier Man than any Batchelor in England of my Rank and Condition , There is another accidental Advantage in Marriage , which has likewise fallen to my Share , I mean the having a Multitude of Children . These I cannot but regard as ...
Page 112
... happiest and surest to be pleasant are a Sort of People whom we have not indeed lately heard much of , and those are your Biters . A Biter is one who tells you a Thing you have no Reason to disbelieve in it self ; and perhaps has given ...
... happiest and surest to be pleasant are a Sort of People whom we have not indeed lately heard much of , and those are your Biters . A Biter is one who tells you a Thing you have no Reason to disbelieve in it self ; and perhaps has given ...
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