The Spectator, Том 4Tonson, 1738 |
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... Thought , which many young Women of Quality have entertained , to the Hazard of their Characters , and the certain Misfortune of their Lives . The firft of the fol- lowing Letters may belt reprefent the Faults I would now point at , and ...
... Thought , which many young Women of Quality have entertained , to the Hazard of their Characters , and the certain Misfortune of their Lives . The firft of the fol- lowing Letters may belt reprefent the Faults I would now point at , and ...
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... thought you a ⚫ difcreet Perfon , and qualified to manage a Family with admirable Prudence : fhe dies to fee what demure and ⚫ferious Airs Wedlock has given you , but the fays fhe ' fhall never forgive your Choice of fo galant a Man ...
... thought you a ⚫ difcreet Perfon , and qualified to manage a Family with admirable Prudence : fhe dies to fee what demure and ⚫ferious Airs Wedlock has given you , but the fays fhe ' fhall never forgive your Choice of fo galant a Man ...
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... Thoughts . Thefe Things , dear Madam , will be lafting Satisfactions , when the fine Ladies and the • Coxcombs by ... thought on any other Way . My Mind has ever fince been fo wholly bent on her , that I am much in Dan- ger of doing ...
... Thoughts . Thefe Things , dear Madam , will be lafting Satisfactions , when the fine Ladies and the • Coxcombs by ... thought on any other Way . My Mind has ever fince been fo wholly bent on her , that I am much in Dan- ger of doing ...
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... Thought to look out for any Good which does not more immediately relate to his Intereft or Convenience , or that Providence in the very Frame of his Soul , would Provi 20 N ° 253 The SPECTATOR . N° 255. Saturday, December 22. ...
... Thought to look out for any Good which does not more immediately relate to his Intereft or Convenience , or that Providence in the very Frame of his Soul , would Provi 20 N ° 253 The SPECTATOR . N° 255. Saturday, December 22. ...
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... Thought It is ftill reaching after an empty imaginary Good ; that has not in it the Power to abate or fatisfy it . Moft other Things we long for can allay the Cravings of their proper Senfe , and for a while fet the Appetite at Reft ...
... Thought It is ftill reaching after an empty imaginary Good ; that has not in it the Power to abate or fatisfy it . Moft other Things we long for can allay the Cravings of their proper Senfe , and for a while fet the Appetite at Reft ...
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Action admired Æneid againſt agreeable alfo Anſwer Beauty becauſe befides Behaviour Cafe Character Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation Criticks defcribed Defcription Defign Defire Difcourfe difcovered Drefs Enville Fable faid fame feems feen felf felves feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon Fortune fpeak Friend ftill fuch fufficient give greateſt Happineſs himſelf Homer Honour Houfe Houſe humble Servant ibid Iliad juft kind Lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look Love Mafter Mankind manner Marriage Meaſure Milton Mind Miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary Number obferved Occafion Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife particular Perfon Place pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe Reader Reaſon Reflexion reprefented ſelf Senfe ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts tion underſtand uſe Virgil Virtue whofe Woman World young
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