The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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Pagina 11
... Lights , and follow one another in a regular Series , than when they are thrown together without Order and Connexion . There is always an Obfcurity in Confufion , and the fame Sentence that would have enlightened the Reader in one part ...
... Lights , and follow one another in a regular Series , than when they are thrown together without Order and Connexion . There is always an Obfcurity in Confufion , and the fame Sentence that would have enlightened the Reader in one part ...
Pagina 17
... light Inconftan- cy of its Nature . The Variableness of Fashion turns the Stream of Bufinefs which flows from it now into one Channel , and anon into another : fo that different Sets of People fink or flourish in their turns by it ...
... light Inconftan- cy of its Nature . The Variableness of Fashion turns the Stream of Bufinefs which flows from it now into one Channel , and anon into another : fo that different Sets of People fink or flourish in their turns by it ...
Pagina 21
... light , and as Nature has form'd them , and not as our own Fancies or Appetites would have them . He then who took a young Lady to his Bed , with no other Confideration than the Expectation of B 3 Scenes Scenes of Dalliance , and ...
... light , and as Nature has form'd them , and not as our own Fancies or Appetites would have them . He then who took a young Lady to his Bed , with no other Confideration than the Expectation of B 3 Scenes Scenes of Dalliance , and ...
Pagina 22
... light unknown to a fingle Condition . He who fincerely loves his Wife and Family , and ftudies to improve that Affection in himself , conceives Pleasure from the moft indifferent things ; while the married Man , who has not bid adieu to ...
... light unknown to a fingle Condition . He who fincerely loves his Wife and Family , and ftudies to improve that Affection in himself , conceives Pleasure from the moft indifferent things ; while the married Man , who has not bid adieu to ...
Pagina 34
... Light . This Humour of turning every Misfortune into a Judgment , proceeds from wrong Notions of Religion , which , in its own nature , produces Good - will towards Men , and puts the mildeft Construction upon every Accident that befals ...
... Light . This Humour of turning every Misfortune into a Judgment , proceeds from wrong Notions of Religion , which , in its own nature , produces Good - will towards Men , and puts the mildeft Construction upon every Accident that befals ...
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againſt alfo Beauty becauſe beſt Bufinefs Buſineſs Cafe caft Circumftances confefs confequently confider Confideration Converfation Defign Defire Difcourfe diſcover eafy Eyes faid fame Faſhion feems feen felf felves ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fpeak Friend ftill fuch fuffer fure Gentleman give greateſt herſelf himſelf honeft Honour Houſe humble Servant Inftances itſelf juft Juftice Lady laft leaſt lefs Letter look Love manner Marriage Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature neceffary never Number obferve obliged Occafion Paffion pafs particular Perfons pleafed pleaſed Pleaſure poffible prefent Publick publiſh queftion raiſe Reaſon Rechteren Refpect reft ſeems ſelf Senfe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Soul ſpeak SPECTATOR tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts thouſand thro Town ufual Underſtanding uſed Vifit Virtue whofe Wife Woman World young එම එම එම
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