“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 21
... first grinn he caft every human feature out of his countenance , at the fecond he became the face of a spout , at the third a ba- boon , at the fourth the head of a bass - viol , and at the fifth a pair of nut - crackers . The whole ...
... first grinn he caft every human feature out of his countenance , at the fecond he became the face of a spout , at the third a ba- boon , at the fourth the head of a bass - viol , and at the fifth a pair of nut - crackers . The whole ...
Page 26
... first discovers to me a fpecies of females which have hither- to efcaped my notice , and is as follows . < " < " < Mr SPECTATOR , I a manng , to spend five or fix hours AM a young gentleman of a competent fortune , and a every day very ...
... first discovers to me a fpecies of females which have hither- to efcaped my notice , and is as follows . < " < " < Mr SPECTATOR , I a manng , to spend five or fix hours AM a young gentleman of a competent fortune , and a every day very ...
Page 34
... FIRST , Whether it acts with steadiness and uniformity in fickness and in health , in profperity and in adversity ; if otherways , it is to be looked upon as nothing elle but an irradiation of the mind from fome new fupply of fpirits ...
... FIRST , Whether it acts with steadiness and uniformity in fickness and in health , in profperity and in adversity ; if otherways , it is to be looked upon as nothing elle but an irradiation of the mind from fome new fupply of fpirits ...
Page 41
... first are 1 the gay part of my difciples , who require fpeculations of wit and humour ; the others are thofe of a more folemn and fober turn , who find no pleasure but in papers of mo rality and found fenfe , The former call every thing ...
... first are 1 the gay part of my difciples , who require fpeculations of wit and humour ; the others are thofe of a more folemn and fober turn , who find no pleasure but in papers of mo rality and found fenfe , The former call every thing ...
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... first appearance every one gave th for loft . The pickle - herring however found the way to fake him ; for upon his whiffling a country jig , this unlucky wag danced to it with fuch variety of dif- tortions and grimaces , that the ...
... first appearance every one gave th for loft . The pickle - herring however found the way to fake him ; for upon his whiffling a country jig , this unlucky wag danced to it with fuch variety of dif- tortions and grimaces , that the ...
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