The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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Page 42
... wife of Abradatus , committed her to the cuftody of Arafpas , a young Perfian nobleman , who had a lit- tle before maintained in difcourse , That a mind truly virtuous was incapable of entertaining an un- lawful paffion . The young ...
... wife of Abradatus , committed her to the cuftody of Arafpas , a young Perfian nobleman , who had a lit- tle before maintained in difcourse , That a mind truly virtuous was incapable of entertaining an un- lawful paffion . The young ...
Page 57
... wife , I am a- fraid . His neighbour , who fat at his right hand , immediately coloured , and being an angry politi- cian , laid down his pipe with fo much wrath , that he broke it in the middle , and by that means fur- nifhed me with a ...
... wife , I am a- fraid . His neighbour , who fat at his right hand , immediately coloured , and being an angry politi- cian , laid down his pipe with fo much wrath , that he broke it in the middle , and by that means fur- nifhed me with a ...
Page 59
... wife , and upon the difficulty of writing any thing in this cenforious age , which a weak head may not conftrue into pri- vate fatire and perfonal reflection . A man who has a good nofe at an inuendo , fmells treafon and fedition in the ...
... wife , and upon the difficulty of writing any thing in this cenforious age , which a weak head may not conftrue into pri- vate fatire and perfonal reflection . A man who has a good nofe at an inuendo , fmells treafon and fedition in the ...
Page 60
... Wife were the kings , who never chose a friend , Till with full cups they had unmask'd his foul , And feen the bottom of his deepest thoughts . ROSCOMMON . No vives are fo incurable as those which men are One would wonder how apt to ...
... Wife were the kings , who never chose a friend , Till with full cups they had unmask'd his foul , And feen the bottom of his deepest thoughts . ROSCOMMON . No vives are fo incurable as those which men are One would wonder how apt to ...
Page 62
... wife was not handfome , Put lefs water in your wine , fays the philofopher , and you will quickly make her fo . Wine heightens indiffe rence into love , love into jealoufy , and jealousy into madness . It often turns the good - natured ...
... wife was not handfome , Put lefs water in your wine , fays the philofopher , and you will quickly make her fo . Wine heightens indiffe rence into love , love into jealoufy , and jealousy into madness . It often turns the good - natured ...
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