The Spectator, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1791 |
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Pagina 5
... sense , and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the wrong . However , this hu- mour creates him no enemies , for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes ...
... sense , and are contradictions to the manners of the world only as he thinks the world is in the wrong . However , this hu- mour creates him no enemies , for he does nothing with sourness or obstinacy ; and his being unconfined to modes ...
Pagina 7
... A general trader of good sense is pleasanter company than a general scholar ; and Sir ANDREW having a natural unaffected eloquence , the perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that wit A4 NO . 2 . 7 THE SPECTATOR . 4 ...
... A general trader of good sense is pleasanter company than a general scholar ; and Sir ANDREW having a natural unaffected eloquence , the perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that wit A4 NO . 2 . 7 THE SPECTATOR . 4 ...
Pagina 15
... sense , possess the others with greater force and vivacity . Thus my want of , or rather resignation of speech , gives me all the advantages of a dumb man . I have , methinks , a more than ordinary penetration in seeing ; and flatter ...
... sense , possess the others with greater force and vivacity . Thus my want of , or rather resignation of speech , gives me all the advantages of a dumb man . I have , methinks , a more than ordinary penetration in seeing ; and flatter ...
Pagina 18
... senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common sense , however , requires that there should be nothing in the scenes and machines which may appear childish and absurd . How would the wits of King CHARLES'S time have ...
... senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience . Common sense , however , requires that there should be nothing in the scenes and machines which may appear childish and absurd . How would the wits of King CHARLES'S time have ...
Pagina 22
... sense , than of honesty and virtue But this unhappy affectation of being wise rather than ho- nest , witty than good - natured , is the source of most of the ill habits of life . Such false impressions are owing to the abandoned ...
... sense , than of honesty and virtue But this unhappy affectation of being wise rather than ho- nest , witty than good - natured , is the source of most of the ill habits of life . Such false impressions are owing to the abandoned ...
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