The Spectator, Band 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 Seiten |
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... Faces on one Hand being spotted on the right Side of the Fore- head , and those upon the other on the Left . I quickly per- ceived that they caft hoftile Glances upon one another ; and that their Patches were placed in those different ...
... Faces on one Hand being spotted on the right Side of the Fore- head , and those upon the other on the Left . I quickly per- ceived that they caft hoftile Glances upon one another ; and that their Patches were placed in those different ...
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... Face . The Cenforious fay , That the Men whofe Hearts are aim'd at , are very often the Occafions that one Part of the Face is thus difhonour- ed , and lies under a kind of Difgrace , while the other is fo much fet off and adorned by ...
... Face . The Cenforious fay , That the Men whofe Hearts are aim'd at , are very often the Occafions that one Part of the Face is thus difhonour- ed , and lies under a kind of Difgrace , while the other is fo much fet off and adorned by ...
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... Face was unlawful , are now reconciled by a Zeal for their Cause , to what they could not be prompted by a Concern ... Faces fpotted after the Whiggish Manner . Whether or no the Ladies had retreated hither in order to rally their Forces ...
... Face was unlawful , are now reconciled by a Zeal for their Cause , to what they could not be prompted by a Concern ... Faces fpotted after the Whiggish Manner . Whether or no the Ladies had retreated hither in order to rally their Forces ...
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... Faces , and all thofe other Objects that fill the Mind with gay Ideas and difperfe that Gloo- minefs which is apt to hang upon it in those dark discon- folate Seafons . I was fome Weeks ago in a Course of these Diver- fions ; which had ...
... Faces , and all thofe other Objects that fill the Mind with gay Ideas and difperfe that Gloo- minefs which is apt to hang upon it in those dark discon- folate Seafons . I was fome Weeks ago in a Course of these Diver- fions ; which had ...
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... Face ; if the Figure of a Ship , there was not a Rope among the Tackle that escaped him . He had likewife hung a great Part of the Wall with Night - Pieces , that feemed to fhow themselves by the Candles which were lighted up in feveral ...
... Face ; if the Figure of a Ship , there was not a Rope among the Tackle that escaped him . He had likewife hung a great Part of the Wall with Night - Pieces , that feemed to fhow themselves by the Candles which were lighted up in feveral ...
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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...