The Spectator, Band 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 Seiten |
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... several Spots rife in her Skin when she is angry , or as Mr. Cowley has imitated the Verfes that ftand as the Motto of this Paper , She fwells with angry Pride , And calls forth all her Spots on ev'ry Side . WHEN I was in the Theatre ...
... several Spots rife in her Skin when she is angry , or as Mr. Cowley has imitated the Verfes that ftand as the Motto of this Paper , She fwells with angry Pride , And calls forth all her Spots on ev'ry Side . WHEN I was in the Theatre ...
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... several Artists that stood before me , and accordingly applied my felf to the Side of the Living . The first I obferved at Work in this Part of the Gallery was VANITY , with his Hair tied be- hind him in a Ribbon , and dreffed like a ...
... several Artists that stood before me , and accordingly applied my felf to the Side of the Living . The first I obferved at Work in this Part of the Gallery was VANITY , with his Hair tied be- hind him in a Ribbon , and dreffed like a ...
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... several Mafters , appeared all of them to be real and alive , and differed among one another only in the Variety of their Shapes , Complexions , and Clothes ; fo that they looked like different Nations of the fame Species . OBSERVING an ...
... several Mafters , appeared all of them to be real and alive , and differed among one another only in the Variety of their Shapes , Complexions , and Clothes ; fo that they looked like different Nations of the fame Species . OBSERVING an ...
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... several Years , has con- verted the Effays of a Man of Quality into a kind of Fringe for his Candlesticks . I remember in particular , after having read over a Poem of an eminent Author on a Victory , I met with feveral Fragments of it ...
... several Years , has con- verted the Effays of a Man of Quality into a kind of Fringe for his Candlesticks . I remember in particular , after having read over a Poem of an eminent Author on a Victory , I met with feveral Fragments of it ...
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... Several of thefe con- tradictory Acts of Duty have raised between them fuch a Coldness that they generally converse when they are in mixed Company by way of talking at one another , and not to one another . Honoria is ever complaining ...
... Several of thefe con- tradictory Acts of Duty have raised between them fuch a Coldness that they generally converse when they are in mixed Company by way of talking at one another , and not to one another . Honoria is ever complaining ...
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Seite 154 - Upon this my friend with his usual cheerfulness related the particulars above-mentioned, and ordered the head to be brought into the room. I could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this...
Seite 285 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it. to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Seite 102 - ... himself. He now and then presents a pair of garters of his own knitting to their mothers or sisters ; and raises a great deal of mirth among them, by inquiring as often as he meets them
Seite 87 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Seite 116 - Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them in almost every sermon that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Seite 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it," said I, " and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and, upon...
Seite 287 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Seite 286 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Seite 95 - ... as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him : by this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master.
Seite 286 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest...