The Spectator, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1726 - 312 pagina's |
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Pagina 30
... hope you will not omit the mention of the Renowned Socrates , and his Philofophick Refignation to his Wife Xantippe . This would be a very good Office to the World in general , for the Hen - peckt are powerful in their Quality and ...
... hope you will not omit the mention of the Renowned Socrates , and his Philofophick Refignation to his Wife Xantippe . This would be a very good Office to the World in general , for the Hen - peckt are powerful in their Quality and ...
Pagina 36
... hope for no Relief but from himself and yet he that has Senfe and Juftice in every thing ⚫elfe , never reflects , that to come home only to fleep off an Intemperance , and fpend all the Time he is - there ; 6 C · ་ · с there as if it ...
... hope for no Relief but from himself and yet he that has Senfe and Juftice in every thing ⚫elfe , never reflects , that to come home only to fleep off an Intemperance , and fpend all the Time he is - there ; 6 C · ་ · с there as if it ...
Pagina 38
... hope that Flesh and Blood is capable of fo ftrict an Alliance , as that a fine Woman must go on to improve her felf ' till fhe is as good and impaffive as an Angel , only to preferve a Fidelity to a Brute and a Satyr . The Lady who ...
... hope that Flesh and Blood is capable of fo ftrict an Alliance , as that a fine Woman must go on to improve her felf ' till fhe is as good and impaffive as an Angel , only to preferve a Fidelity to a Brute and a Satyr . The Lady who ...
Pagina 39
... hope to find something Solid , and full of deep Reflection , is very often infenfibly betray'd into a fit of Mirth . In a Word , the Reader fits down to my Entertainment without knowing his Bill of Fare , and has therefore at least the ...
... hope to find something Solid , and full of deep Reflection , is very often infenfibly betray'd into a fit of Mirth . In a Word , the Reader fits down to my Entertainment without knowing his Bill of Fare , and has therefore at least the ...
Pagina 42
... hope you will ob- lige the World with fome Reflections upon Yawning , as I have feen it practifed on a Twelfth - Night among other Christmas Gambols , at the House of a very wor- thy Gentleman , who always entertains his Tenants at that ...
... hope you will ob- lige the World with fome Reflections upon Yawning , as I have feen it practifed on a Twelfth - Night among other Christmas Gambols , at the House of a very wor- thy Gentleman , who always entertains his Tenants at that ...
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