The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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Page 44
... best ' humour to receive this , I am anfwered only , that I expofe my own reputation and fenfe if I appear jealous . I wifh , good Sir , you would take this into your ferious confideration , and admonish husbands and wives what terms ...
... best ' humour to receive this , I am anfwered only , that I expofe my own reputation and fenfe if I appear jealous . I wifh , good Sir , you would take this into your ferious confideration , and admonish husbands and wives what terms ...
Page 47
... that the gloominefs in which fometimes the minds of the best men are involved , very often ftands in need of fuch little incitements to mirth and and laughter , as are apt to disperse melancholy , No 179 . 47 THE SPECTATOR .
... that the gloominefs in which fometimes the minds of the best men are involved , very often ftands in need of fuch little incitements to mirth and and laughter , as are apt to disperse melancholy , No 179 . 47 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 56
... best of husbands , and bleffed with very ' fine children , can never be prevailed upon to for- give me . He was fo kind to me before this un- happy accident , that indeed it makes my breach of duty , in fome meafure , inexcufable ; and ...
... best of husbands , and bleffed with very ' fine children , can never be prevailed upon to for- give me . He was fo kind to me before this un- happy accident , that indeed it makes my breach of duty , in fome meafure , inexcufable ; and ...
Page 62
... best lace I had in my fhop to make him a prefent for cravats . I was very glad of this laft circumftance , because I could very confcien- tioufly fwear against him that he had enticed my fervant away , and was her accomplice in robbing ...
... best lace I had in my fhop to make him a prefent for cravats . I was very glad of this laft circumftance , because I could very confcien- tioufly fwear against him that he had enticed my fervant away , and was her accomplice in robbing ...
Page 80
... best lights they had of the divine nature . Pythago- ras's firft rule directs us to worship the gods as it is ordained by law , for that is the most natural interpretation of the precept . Socrates , who was the most renowned among the ...
... best lights they had of the divine nature . Pythago- ras's firft rule directs us to worship the gods as it is ordained by law , for that is the most natural interpretation of the precept . Socrates , who was the most renowned among the ...
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