The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 137
... ourselves , which is a view we cannot bear . He afterwards goes on to fhew that our love of sports comes from the fame reason , and is particularly fevere upcn A No 116 upon hunting . What , fays he , N ° 116 137 THE SPECTATOR .
... ourselves , which is a view we cannot bear . He afterwards goes on to fhew that our love of sports comes from the fame reason , and is particularly fevere upcn A No 116 upon hunting . What , fays he , N ° 116 137 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 154
... reason , we find in them all the lower parts of our nature , the paffions and fenfes in their greatest strength and perfection . And here it is worth our obfervation , that all beafts and birds of prey are wonderfully fubject to anger ...
... reason , we find in them all the lower parts of our nature , the paffions and fenfes in their greatest strength and perfection . And here it is worth our obfervation , that all beafts and birds of prey are wonderfully fubject to anger ...
Page 183
... reason they often represent an illuftrious person in a Roman habit , or in fome other drefs that never varies . I could wish for the fake of my country friends , that there was fuch a kind of everlasting Drapery to be made ufe of by all ...
... reason they often represent an illuftrious person in a Roman habit , or in fome other drefs that never varies . I could wish for the fake of my country friends , that there was fuch a kind of everlasting Drapery to be made ufe of by all ...
Page 190
... reasons the country gentleman , like the fox , seldom preys near his own home . In the fame manner I have made a month's excurfion out of the town , which is the great field of game for sportsmen of my fpecies , to try my fortune in the ...
... reasons the country gentleman , like the fox , seldom preys near his own home . In the fame manner I have made a month's excurfion out of the town , which is the great field of game for sportsmen of my fpecies , to try my fortune in the ...
Page 191
... reason , that I can imagine , but because I do not hoot and hollow and make a noife . It is true my friend Sir ROGER tells them , That it is my way , and that I am only a philofopher ; but this will not fatisfy them . They think there ...
... reason , that I can imagine , but because I do not hoot and hollow and make a noife . It is true my friend Sir ROGER tells them , That it is my way , and that I am only a philofopher ; but this will not fatisfy them . They think there ...
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