The Spectator, Volume 4 |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 83
Page 33
The Dispute was now growing very warm , and one does not know where it
would have ended , had not a young Man of about One and twenty , who seems
to have been brought up with an Eye to the Law , taken the Debate into his Hand
, and ...
The Dispute was now growing very warm , and one does not know where it
would have ended , had not a young Man of about One and twenty , who seems
to have been brought up with an Eye to the Law , taken the Debate into his Hand
, and ...
Page 38
When Diagoras the Atheist was on board one of the Athenian Ships , there arose
a very violent Tempest ; upon which the Mariners told him that it was a just
Judgment upon them for having taken so impious a Man on board . Diagoras
begged ...
When Diagoras the Atheist was on board one of the Athenian Ships , there arose
a very violent Tempest ; upon which the Mariners told him that it was a just
Judgment upon them for having taken so impious a Man on board . Diagoras
begged ...
Page 42
When a Man has taken care to pretend to nothing but what he may justly aim at ,
and can execute as well as any other , without Injustice to any other ; it is ever
Want of Breeding or Courage to be brow - beaten or elbow'd out of his honest ...
When a Man has taken care to pretend to nothing but what he may justly aim at ,
and can execute as well as any other , without Injustice to any other ; it is ever
Want of Breeding or Courage to be brow - beaten or elbow'd out of his honest ...
Page 57
The Truth of it is , they have a certain Flavour at their first Appearance , from
several accidental Circumstances of Time Place and Person , which they may
lose if they are not taken early , but in this Case every Reader is to consider ,
whether it ...
The Truth of it is , they have a certain Flavour at their first Appearance , from
several accidental Circumstances of Time Place and Person , which they may
lose if they are not taken early , but in this Case every Reader is to consider ,
whether it ...
Page 68
... my Fair One must not be offended that I have taken Care he should not be an
Interruption to our future Assignations . These last Words foreboded what she
found when she came to the Goal , her Husband executed by the Order of
Rhynsault ...
... my Fair One must not be offended that I have taken Care he should not be an
Interruption to our future Assignations . These last Words foreboded what she
found when she came to the Goal , her Husband executed by the Order of
Rhynsault ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Account acquainted Actions ADDISON Affection appear Author Beauty believe Body Business called Character Company consider Conversation Country Creatures Death Desire Discourse Eyes fall Fortune Friday Friend give given greater greatest Hand Happiness hath Head hear heard Heart Honour hope House Human Husband Imagination kind Lady late Learning leave Letter Light live look Love Manner married Matter mean mentioned Mind Monday Motto Name Nature never Number Objects obliged observed Occasion October PAGE particular pass Passion Perfection Person Place pleased Pleasure Power present proper Publick Reader Reason received seems Sense Sept Servant shew short Soul speak SPECTATOR Subject taken tell thing thought thousand tion told took Town Truth turn viii Virtue Wednes whole Wife Woman World write young
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays [no. 164-167] The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Contributor | George Gregory Smith |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2014 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |