The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 55
... tion - fermons at night , take up fo much of her 6 " 6 dinner , unless when the preacher is to be at it . With him come a tribe , all brothers and fifters it feems ; while others , really fuch , are deemed no relations . If at any time ...
... tion - fermons at night , take up fo much of her 6 " 6 dinner , unless when the preacher is to be at it . With him come a tribe , all brothers and fifters it feems ; while others , really fuch , are deemed no relations . If at any time ...
Page 57
... tion ; and , foon after the queen's health , he in the prefence of the whole company , with his own hands , degraded me into an old pair of his own fhoes . This operation , before fine ladies , ' to me , who am by nature a coxcomb , was ...
... tion ; and , foon after the queen's health , he in the prefence of the whole company , with his own hands , degraded me into an old pair of his own fhoes . This operation , before fine ladies , ' to me , who am by nature a coxcomb , was ...
Page 63
... tion . " Now to pursue the matter yet further , and to render your cares for the improvement of the ' fair ones more effectual , I would propofe a new method , like thofe applications which are faid to convey their virtue by fympathy ...
... tion . " Now to pursue the matter yet further , and to render your cares for the improvement of the ' fair ones more effectual , I would propofe a new method , like thofe applications which are faid to convey their virtue by fympathy ...
Page 64
... tion of the Peeper's eyes , who had long practifed afkill in them , to recal the parting glances of her ⚫ beholders . You fee my complaint , and hope · you will take thefe mifchievous people , the Peepers , into your confideration : I ...
... tion of the Peeper's eyes , who had long practifed afkill in them , to recal the parting glances of her ⚫ beholders . You fee my complaint , and hope · you will take thefe mifchievous people , the Peepers , into your confideration : I ...
Page 80
... tion imaginable ; but her eyes are fo chaftifed with the fimplicity and innocence of her thoughts , that the raifes in her beholders admiration and good - will , but no loofe hope or wild imagina- tion , tion . The true art in this cafe ...
... tion imaginable ; but her eyes are fo chaftifed with the fimplicity and innocence of her thoughts , that the raifes in her beholders admiration and good - will , but no loofe hope or wild imagina- tion , tion . The true art in this cafe ...
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admiration Æneid againſt agreeable beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe circumftances confider confideration converfation defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs eyes faid falfe fame fatire fecret feems feen felves fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpeculation fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure gentleman give greateſt heart herſelf himſelf honour houfe humble fervant humour huſband inftances itſelf kind lady laft laſt lefs likewife look mafter mankind manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferve occafion ourſelves Ovid paffed paffion perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poet prefent racter raiſed reader reafon reft reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sir Roger ſpeak Spectator ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſed verfes VIRG virtue whofe whole woman words