The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 50
... books they offer to me ; being refolved , in an affair of this moment , to proceed with the greatest caution . In the mean while , as I have taken the In 50 N ° 92 THE SPECTATOR . In the fecond clafs I fhall mention books which are ...
... books they offer to me ; being refolved , in an affair of this moment , to proceed with the greatest caution . In the mean while , as I have taken the In 50 N ° 92 THE SPECTATOR . In the fecond clafs I fhall mention books which are ...
Page 67
... greatest modesty . In the midst of all this I was fur- prised with a letter from her and a ten pound note . 6 66 Honeft Tom , Yo YOU will never fee me more . I am married to a very cunning country gentleman , who " might poffibly guefs ...
... greatest modesty . In the midst of all this I was fur- prised with a letter from her and a ten pound note . 6 66 Honeft Tom , Yo YOU will never fee me more . I am married to a very cunning country gentleman , who " might poffibly guefs ...
Page 70
... greatest act of the human mind , forgiveness of injuries , is become vile and shameful ; that the rules of good fociety and virtuous conversation are hereby inverted ; that the loofe , the vain , and the impudent , infult the careful ...
... greatest act of the human mind , forgiveness of injuries , is become vile and shameful ; that the rules of good fociety and virtuous conversation are hereby inverted ; that the loofe , the vain , and the impudent , infult the careful ...
Page 75
... greatest value on the qualification which renders them the most amiable in the eyes of the contrary fex . Had men chofen for themfelves , without regard to the opi- nions of the fair fex , I fhould believe the choice would D 2 have have ...
... greatest value on the qualification which renders them the most amiable in the eyes of the contrary fex . Had men chofen for themfelves , without regard to the opi- nions of the fair fex , I fhould believe the choice would D 2 have have ...
Page 78
... greatest bleffing is a pleafant friend . A Man advanced in years that thinks fit to look back upon his former life , and calls that only life which was paffed with fatisfaction and en- joyment , excluding all parts which were not ...
... greatest bleffing is a pleafant friend . A Man advanced in years that thinks fit to look back upon his former life , and calls that only life which was paffed with fatisfaction and en- joyment , excluding all parts which were not ...
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