The Spectator, Volume 2Tonson, 1729 |
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Pagina 8
... Perfon , that in a late Draught of Marriage - Articles a Lady has ftipulated with her Husband , That , whatever his Opinions are , fhe fhall be at Liberty to patch on which Side fhe pleases . I muft here take notice , that Kofalinda , a ...
... Perfon , that in a late Draught of Marriage - Articles a Lady has ftipulated with her Husband , That , whatever his Opinions are , fhe fhall be at Liberty to patch on which Side fhe pleases . I muft here take notice , that Kofalinda , a ...
Pagina 10
... Perfon , which till that Time was peculiar to Men . Would our English Ladies , inftead of sticking on a Patch against those of their own Country , fhew themfelves fo truly publick - fpirited as to facrifice every one her Neck- lace ...
... Perfon , which till that Time was peculiar to Men . Would our English Ladies , inftead of sticking on a Patch against those of their own Country , fhew themfelves fo truly publick - fpirited as to facrifice every one her Neck- lace ...
Pagina 12
... Perfons and Humours , with the Pains they both take for the Accom- plishment of the Ends mentioned in the above Verfes ... Perfon , without being guilty of an Affault . Yet fuch is the loofe and abandoned Turn of fome Mens Minds , that ...
... Perfons and Humours , with the Pains they both take for the Accom- plishment of the Ends mentioned in the above Verfes ... Perfon , without being guilty of an Affault . Yet fuch is the loofe and abandoned Turn of fome Mens Minds , that ...
Pagina 15
... Perfons bufie in Drawing , Colouring , and Defigning ; on the Side of the Dead Painters , I could not difcover more than one Perfon at Work , who was exceeding flow in his Mo- tions , and wonderfully nice in his Touches . I was refolved ...
... Perfons bufie in Drawing , Colouring , and Defigning ; on the Side of the Dead Painters , I could not difcover more than one Perfon at Work , who was exceeding flow in his Mo- tions , and wonderfully nice in his Touches . I was refolved ...
Pagina 16
... Perfon I examined , was very remarka ble for his hafty Hand , which left his Pictures fo un finifh- ed , that the Beauty in the Picture ( which was defigned to continue as a Monument of it to Pofterity ) faded foon- er than in the Perfon ...
... Perfon I examined , was very remarka ble for his hafty Hand , which left his Pictures fo un finifh- ed , that the Beauty in the Picture ( which was defigned to continue as a Monument of it to Pofterity ) faded foon- er than in the Perfon ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.
Pagina 289 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Pagina 110 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Pagina 112 - As soon as the Sermon is finished, nobody presumes to stir till Sir Roger is gone out of the Church. The Knight walks down from his Seat in the Chancel between a double row of his Tenants, that stand bowing to him on each side; and every now and then...
Pagina 153 - Upon his first rising the court was hushed, and a general whisper ran among the country people, that Sir Roger < was up. ' The speech he made was so little to the purpose, that I shall not trouble my readers with an account of it; and I believe was not so much designed by the knight himself to inform the court, as to give him a figure in my eye, and keep up his credit in the country.
Pagina 112 - ... dazzled with riches, that they pay as much deference to the understanding of a man of an estate as of a man of learning...
Pagina 110 - It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in which the whole village meet together with their best faces and in their cleanliest habits to converse with one another upon indifferent subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the supreme Being.
Pagina 96 - ... he is every day soliciting me for something in behalf of one or other of my tenants his parishioners. There has not been a lawsuit in the parish since he has lived among them ; if any dispute arises they apply themselves to him for the decision ; if they do not acquiesce in his judgment, which I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me.
Pagina 286 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest...
Pagina 101 - Country, and is very famous for finding out a Hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little Handicrafts of an idle Man: He makes a May-fly to a Miracle ; and furnishes the whole Country with Angle-Rods.