“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 54
... lover's man , who came with the fignal to receive them . Thus I followed after to the coach , where , when I faw his mafter take them in , I cried out , Thieves ! thieves ! and the constable with his attendants feized my < expecting lover ...
... lover's man , who came with the fignal to receive them . Thus I followed after to the coach , where , when I faw his mafter take them in , I cried out , Thieves ! thieves ! and the constable with his attendants feized my < expecting lover ...
Page 55
... lover , not to appear farther in the matter . This was fome penance ; but , Sir , is this enough for a villany of much more per- nicious confequence than the trifles for which he was to have been indicted ? Should not you , and all men ...
... lover , not to appear farther in the matter . This was fome penance ; but , Sir , is this enough for a villany of much more per- nicious confequence than the trifles for which he was to have been indicted ? Should not you , and all men ...
Page 70
... lovers ; but the latter is not contented to be extremely amiable , but the muft add to that advantage a certain delight in being a torment to others . Thus when her lover is in the full expectation of fuccefs , the jilts fhall meet him ...
... lovers ; but the latter is not contented to be extremely amiable , but the muft add to that advantage a certain delight in being a torment to others . Thus when her lover is in the full expectation of fuccefs , the jilts fhall meet him ...
Page 71
... lover grows happy in it , and then The interrupts it with fome new inconfiftency of behavi- our . For ( as I just now faid ) the happiness of a jilt con- filts only in the power of making others uneafy . But fuch is the folly of this ...
... lover grows happy in it , and then The interrupts it with fome new inconfiftency of behavi- our . For ( as I just now faid ) the happiness of a jilt con- filts only in the power of making others uneafy . But fuch is the folly of this ...
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per , as not to value the inconftancy of her lovers , pro- vided she can boaft the once had their addreffes . BIBLIS was the fecond I aimed at , and her vanity 6 lay in purchafing the adorers of others , and not in rejoic- ⚫ing in ...
per , as not to value the inconftancy of her lovers , pro- vided she can boaft the once had their addreffes . BIBLIS was the fecond I aimed at , and her vanity 6 lay in purchafing the adorers of others , and not in rejoic- ⚫ing in ...
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