The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 46
... because they are themselves past them , but because they love to continue in them . Thefe beauties rival each other on all occafions , not that they have always had the fame lovers , but each has kept up a vanity to fhew the other the ...
... because they are themselves past them , but because they love to continue in them . Thefe beauties rival each other on all occafions , not that they have always had the fame lovers , but each has kept up a vanity to fhew the other the ...
Page 51
... because I flatter my- felf that I fee the fex daily improving by thefe my fpe- culations . My fair readers are already deeper fcholars than the beaus . I could name fome of them who talk much better than feveral gentlemen that make a ...
... because I flatter my- felf that I fee the fex daily improving by thefe my fpe- culations . My fair readers are already deeper fcholars than the beaus . I could name fome of them who talk much better than feveral gentlemen that make a ...
Page 55
... authors . But this I fhall only touch upon , because it in fome measure interferes with the third method , which I fhall propofe in another C 4 paper , paper , for the employment of our dead unactive hours No93 55 THE SPECTATOR .
... authors . But this I fhall only touch upon , because it in fome measure interferes with the third method , which I fhall propofe in another C 4 paper , paper , for the employment of our dead unactive hours No93 55 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 59
... because he does not know what to do with it ; fois that of the other , because he diftinguishes every moment of it with ufeful or amufing thoughts ; or in other words , becaufe the one is always wishing it away , and the other always ...
... because he does not know what to do with it ; fois that of the other , because he diftinguishes every moment of it with ufeful or amufing thoughts ; or in other words , becaufe the one is always wishing it away , and the other always ...
Page 66
... because I was in the fecret of his intrigues . I was utterly at a loss what courfe to take next ; when at laft I applied myfelf to a fellow - fufferer , one of his miftreffes , a woman of the town . She hap- pening at that time to be ...
... because I was in the fecret of his intrigues . I was utterly at a loss what courfe to take next ; when at laft I applied myfelf to a fellow - fufferer , one of his miftreffes , a woman of the town . She hap- pening at that time to be ...
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againſt beauty becauſe befides behaviour bufinefs cife confider confideration converfation courfe creature defign defire difcourfe drefs eftate Eudoxus exercife exprefs eyes faid fame faſhion fatire fecret feems felf felves fenfe fent fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul fpeak fpecies fpeculation fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuffered fure gentleman give Glaphyra himſelf honeft honour houfe houſe humble fervant humour ibid inftances itſelf lady laft live look mafter mankind manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffion pafs perfon Pharamond pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poffible prefent publick purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir ROGER ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought ufual underſtanding uſe Virg whofe woman women words young