The Spectator, Volume 1George Atherton Aitken Routledge, 1975 |
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Pagina 74
... pass- ing away much time at a glass , and giving soft- nesses and languishing graces to deformity : all I intend is , that we ought to be contented with our countenance and shape so far as never to give our- selves an uneasy reflection ...
... pass- ing away much time at a glass , and giving soft- nesses and languishing graces to deformity : all I intend is , that we ought to be contented with our countenance and shape so far as never to give our- selves an uneasy reflection ...
Pagina 148
... pass for him in the world , to the end that well - meaning persons may not be imposed upon by cheats 3 , I would desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender 4 , to look into his parentage , and to examine him strictly ...
... pass for him in the world , to the end that well - meaning persons may not be imposed upon by cheats 3 , I would desire my readers , when they meet with this pretender 4 , to look into his parentage , and to examine him strictly ...
Pagina 324
... passes for a fine gentleman . He is loud , haughty , gentle , soft , lewd , and obsequious by turns , just as a little understanding and great im- pudence prompt him at the present moment . He passes among the silly part of our women ...
... passes for a fine gentleman . He is loud , haughty , gentle , soft , lewd , and obsequious by turns , just as a little understanding and great im- pudence prompt him at the present moment . He passes among the silly part of our women ...
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