The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 40
... woman , as when in my youth I ftood upon a bench in the pit to furvey the whole circle of beauties .. The folly is fo extravagant with me , and I went on with fo little check of my defires , or refignation of them , that I can affure ...
... woman , as when in my youth I ftood upon a bench in the pit to furvey the whole circle of beauties .. The folly is fo extravagant with me , and I went on with fo little check of my defires , or refignation of them , that I can affure ...
Page 45
... woman that is agreeable in my own eye , and not deformed in that of the world , to a cele- brated beauty . If you marry one remarkably beautiful , you must have a violent paffion for her , or you have not the proper tafte of her charms ...
... woman that is agreeable in my own eye , and not deformed in that of the world , to a cele- brated beauty . If you marry one remarkably beautiful , you must have a violent paffion for her , or you have not the proper tafte of her charms ...
Page 51
... woman are long fince in their graves , who used to ' fit and plot the welfare of us their children , while , perhaps , we were fometimes laughing at the old folks ་ at another end of the house . The truth of it is , were we merely to ...
... woman are long fince in their graves , who used to ' fit and plot the welfare of us their children , while , perhaps , we were fometimes laughing at the old folks ་ at another end of the house . The truth of it is , were we merely to ...
Page 53
... woman might live very well in the country upon half my jointure , and that your father was a fond ' fool to give me a rent - charge of eight hundred a year to the prejudice of his fon . What Letacre faid to you upon that occafion , you ...
... woman might live very well in the country upon half my jointure , and that your father was a fond ' fool to give me a rent - charge of eight hundred a year to the prejudice of his fon . What Letacre faid to you upon that occafion , you ...
Page 60
... woman to be ζῶον φιλοκόσμον , an ani- mal that delights in finery . I have already treated of the fex in two or three papers , conformably to this definition , and have in particular obferved , that in all ages they have been more ...
... woman to be ζῶον φιλοκόσμον , an ani- mal that delights in finery . I have already treated of the fex in two or three papers , conformably to this definition , and have in particular obferved , that in all ages they have been more ...
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