The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 40
... pleased ; provided I continued to combat with criminals in a body , and to affault the vice without hurting the perfon .. This debate , which was held for the good of mankind , put me in miad of that which the Ro- man ving incoherent ...
... pleased ; provided I continued to combat with criminals in a body , and to affault the vice without hurting the perfon .. This debate , which was held for the good of mankind , put me in miad of that which the Ro- man ving incoherent ...
Page 43
... pleased with fuch a mixt kind of furniture , as feemed very fuit- able both to the lady and the fcholar , and did not know at first whether I should fancy myself in a grotto , or in a library . Upon my locking into the books , I found ...
... pleased with fuch a mixt kind of furniture , as feemed very fuit- able both to the lady and the fcholar , and did not know at first whether I should fancy myself in a grotto , or in a library . Upon my locking into the books , I found ...
Page 47
... pleased the people , and carried away the prize in the public difputes of the stage , from thofe that ended happily . Terror and com- miferation leave a pleafing anguish in the mind ; and fix the audience in such a serious compofure of ...
... pleased the people , and carried away the prize in the public difputes of the stage , from thofe that ended happily . Terror and com- miferation leave a pleafing anguish in the mind ; and fix the audience in such a serious compofure of ...
Page 61
... pleased , if you give him an account of a delicious meal ; or Clodius , if you defcribe a wanton beauty ; though at the fame time , if you do not awake thofe inclinations in them , no men are better judges of what is juft and delicate ...
... pleased , if you give him an account of a delicious meal ; or Clodius , if you defcribe a wanton beauty ; though at the fame time , if you do not awake thofe inclinations in them , no men are better judges of what is juft and delicate ...
Page 80
... pleased ; and am afhamed to own fhe makes little or no improvement . Then she is no more able now to walk , than fhe was to go fat a year old . By walking you will eafily know " I mean that regular but cafy motion , which gives our ...
... pleased ; and am afhamed to own fhe makes little or no improvement . Then she is no more able now to walk , than fhe was to go fat a year old . By walking you will eafily know " I mean that regular but cafy motion , which gives our ...
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