The Spectator, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1726 - 312 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... still for deriving every Action from some Plot or Contrivance , for drawing up a perpetual Scheme of Causes and Events , and preferving a constant Corre- spondence between the Camp and the Council - Table . And thus it happens in the ...
... still for deriving every Action from some Plot or Contrivance , for drawing up a perpetual Scheme of Causes and Events , and preferving a constant Corre- spondence between the Camp and the Council - Table . And thus it happens in the ...
Pagina 5
... still suspect an Under - Plot in every female Action ; and especially where they see any Resem blance in the Behaviour of two Persons , are apt to fancy it proceeds from the same Design in both . These Men therefore bear hard upon the ...
... still suspect an Under - Plot in every female Action ; and especially where they see any Resem blance in the Behaviour of two Persons , are apt to fancy it proceeds from the same Design in both . These Men therefore bear hard upon the ...
Pagina 6
... still find the Affection of her Husband rifing towards her in Proportion as his Doubts and Sufficions vanith ; for , as we have seen all along , there is so great a Mixture of Love in Jealousy as is well worth the separating . But this ...
... still find the Affection of her Husband rifing towards her in Proportion as his Doubts and Sufficions vanith ; for , as we have seen all along , there is so great a Mixture of Love in Jealousy as is well worth the separating . But this ...
Pagina 9
... still another Secret that can never fail , if you can once get it believ'd , and which is often practis'df by Women of greater Cunning than Virtue : This is to change Sides for a while with the jealous Man , and to turn his own Passion ...
... still another Secret that can never fail , if you can once get it believ'd , and which is often practis'df by Women of greater Cunning than Virtue : This is to change Sides for a while with the jealous Man , and to turn his own Passion ...
Pagina 10
... still found her cold and incredulous , he inconfiderately told her , as a certain Inftance of her Lord's Affection , the private Or- ders he had left behind him , which plainly shew'd , ac- cording to Jofeph's Interpretation , that he ...
... still found her cold and incredulous , he inconfiderately told her , as a certain Inftance of her Lord's Affection , the private Or- ders he had left behind him , which plainly shew'd , ac- cording to Jofeph's Interpretation , that he ...
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Pagina 37 - Because I delivered the poor that cried, And the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that, was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: And the cause which I knew not I searched out.
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Pagina 198 - ... meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavour to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance. The poorest mechanic, nay, the man who lives upon common alms, gets him his set of admirers, and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him. This ambition, which is natural to the soul of man, might...