The Spectator, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1791 |
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Pagina 1
... observed , that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure , till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man , of a mild or choleric disposi- tion , married or a bachelor , with other particulars of the like nature ...
... observed , that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure , till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man , of a mild or choleric disposi- tion , married or a bachelor , with other particulars of the like nature ...
Pagina 3
... observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories , unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side . In short , I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker - on ; which is the character I ...
... observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories , unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side . In short , I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker - on ; which is the character I ...
Pagina 8
... observation of such as should take notice of them . He was some years a captain , and behaved himself with great gallantry in several engage- , ments , and at several sieges ; but having a small estate of his own , and being next heir ...
... observation of such as should take notice of them . He was some years a captain , and behaved himself with great gallantry in several engage- , ments , and at several sieges ; but having a small estate of his own , and being next heir ...
Pagina 14
... observed some part of the species to be , what mere blanks they are when they first come abroad in the morning , how utterly they are at a stand till they are set a - going by some paragraph in a newspaper : such persons are very ...
... observed some part of the species to be , what mere blanks they are when they first come abroad in the morning , how utterly they are at a stand till they are set a - going by some paragraph in a newspaper : such persons are very ...
Pagina 17
... obliged , by this promise , to con- ceal any false protestations which I observe made by glances in public assemblies ; but endeavour to make both sexes appear in their conduct what they are in their NO . 4 . 17 THE SPECTATOR .
... obliged , by this promise , to con- ceal any false protestations which I observe made by glances in public assemblies ; but endeavour to make both sexes appear in their conduct what they are in their NO . 4 . 17 THE SPECTATOR .
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