The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 32
... affection itself , and tell us , according to your phi- lofophy , why it is that our Dears fhould do what they will with us , fhall be froward , ill - natured , af fuming , fometimes whine , at others rail , then fwoon away , then come ...
... affection itself , and tell us , according to your phi- lofophy , why it is that our Dears fhould do what they will with us , fhall be froward , ill - natured , af fuming , fometimes whine , at others rail , then fwoon away , then come ...
Page 33
... affection to her gives me all the anxieties imaginable but that of jealousy . My being thus confident of her , I take , as much as ' I can judge of my heart , to be the reafon , that what- ever she does , though it be never fo much ...
... affection to her gives me all the anxieties imaginable but that of jealousy . My being thus confident of her , I take , as much as ' I can judge of my heart , to be the reafon , that what- ever she does , though it be never fo much ...
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... affection , owe that ex- emption to their being inthralled by ambition , ava- rice , or fome meaner paffion . I have ten thoufand ' thousand things more to fay , but my wife fees me writing , and will , according to custom , be ...
... affection , owe that ex- emption to their being inthralled by ambition , ava- rice , or fome meaner paffion . I have ten thoufand ' thousand things more to fay , but my wife fees me writing , and will , according to custom , be ...
Page 55
... affection , to every thing which relies upon us for its good and prefervation . Depen- dence is a perpetual call upon humanity , and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatsoever . The man therefore who ...
... affection , to every thing which relies upon us for its good and prefervation . Depen- dence is a perpetual call upon humanity , and a greater incitement to tenderness and pity than any other motive whatsoever . The man therefore who ...
Page 62
... affections of the mind in a vifible fhape and cha- racter . Thus they tell us , that Achilles , in the first Iliad , reprefents Anger , or the irafcible part of human nature ; That upon drawing his fword against his fu- perior in a full ...
... affections of the mind in a vifible fhape and cha- racter . Thus they tell us , that Achilles , in the first Iliad , reprefents Anger , or the irafcible part of human nature ; That upon drawing his fword against his fu- perior in a full ...
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