The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 44
... given me an averfion to pretty fellows ever fince , and difcouraged me from try- ing my fortune with the fair fex . The obfervations which I made in this conjuncture , and the repeated advices . which I received at that time from the ...
... given me an averfion to pretty fellows ever fince , and difcouraged me from try- ing my fortune with the fair fex . The obfervations which I made in this conjuncture , and the repeated advices . which I received at that time from the ...
Page 49
... given my thoughts upon that poem : I fhall not however prefume to impofe upon others my own particular judgment on this author , but only deliver it as my private opinion . Criticism is of a very large extent , and every particular ...
... given my thoughts upon that poem : I fhall not however prefume to impofe upon others my own particular judgment on this author , but only deliver it as my private opinion . Criticism is of a very large extent , and every particular ...
Page 58
... given all the intimation he fkilly could of being a clofe hunks worth money : no body comes to vifit him , he receives no letters , and tells his money morning and evening . He has , from the public papers , a know- ledge of what ...
... given all the intimation he fkilly could of being a clofe hunks worth money : no body comes to vifit him , he receives no letters , and tells his money morning and evening . He has , from the public papers , a know- ledge of what ...
Page 59
... given by nature for the ufe of families , that no steward'ss table can be without it , that it ftrengthens digeftion , " excludes furfeits , fevers and phyfic ; which green wines of any kind cannot do . Pray get a pure fnug room , and I ...
... given by nature for the ufe of families , that no steward'ss table can be without it , that it ftrengthens digeftion , " excludes furfeits , fevers and phyfic ; which green wines of any kind cannot do . Pray get a pure fnug room , and I ...
Page 62
... given fome precepts as to this parti- cular , though I find they are different from thofe which prevail among the moderns . He recommends a red ftriped filk to the pale complexion ; white to the brown , and dark to the fair . On the ...
... given fome precepts as to this parti- cular , though I find they are different from thofe which prevail among the moderns . He recommends a red ftriped filk to the pale complexion ; white to the brown , and dark to the fair . On the ...
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