The Spectator, Том 7Tonson, 1718 |
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... Eftate of five Thousand a Year ? ' Tis very pleafant , on this occafion , to hear the Lady propofe her Doubts , and to fee the Pains fhe is at to get over them . I MUST not here omit a Practice that is in ufe a- mong the vainer Part of ...
... Eftate of five Thousand a Year ? ' Tis very pleafant , on this occafion , to hear the Lady propofe her Doubts , and to fee the Pains fhe is at to get over them . I MUST not here omit a Practice that is in ufe a- mong the vainer Part of ...
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... Eftate ; but how can he help that , you know ? And yet my Friends are fo unreasonable as to be always teazing me about him , because he has no Eftate : but I am fure he has that that is better than an Estate ; for he is a Good- natured ...
... Eftate ; but how can he help that , you know ? And yet my Friends are fo unreasonable as to be always teazing me about him , because he has no Eftate : but I am fure he has that that is better than an Estate ; for he is a Good- natured ...
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... Eftate in dreffing . THE Reafons offer'd by which we expected to gain the Approbation of the Publick , were as follows , " " FIRST , That every one who is confiderable enough to be a Mode , and has any Imperfection of Nature or Chance ...
... Eftate in dreffing . THE Reafons offer'd by which we expected to gain the Approbation of the Publick , were as follows , " " FIRST , That every one who is confiderable enough to be a Mode , and has any Imperfection of Nature or Chance ...
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... Eftate my eldest Son is Heir to , is more than he can enjoy with a good Grace . My Self - love will not carry me fo far , as to impofe upon • Mankind the Advancement of Perfons ( merely for their ⚫ being related to me ) into high ...
... Eftate my eldest Son is Heir to , is more than he can enjoy with a good Grace . My Self - love will not carry me fo far , as to impofe upon • Mankind the Advancement of Perfons ( merely for their ⚫ being related to me ) into high ...
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... Eftate to her after your Deceafe . To the Performance of this alfo the Duke was a Witnefs . When these two Acts were executed , the Duke turned to the Lady , and told her , it now remains for me to put you in quiet Poffeffion of what ...
... Eftate to her after your Deceafe . To the Performance of this alfo the Duke was a Witnefs . When these two Acts were executed , the Duke turned to the Lady , and told her , it now remains for me to put you in quiet Poffeffion of what ...
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Сторінка 59 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Сторінка 175 - ... we see no chasms or gaps. All quite down from us the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other.
Сторінка 167 - ... parish, that he has left money to build a steeple to the church : for he was heard to say some time ago, that if he lived two years longer, Coverley church should have a steeple to it.
Сторінка 161 - Catholic world in the following manner. ' There were not ever, before the entrance of the Christian name into the world, men who have maintained a more renowned carriage, than the two great rivals who possess the full fame of the present age, and will be the theme and examination of the future.
Сторінка 168 - This letter, notwithstanding the poor butler's manner of writing it, gave us such an idea of our good old friend, that upon the reading of it there was not a dry eye in the club. Sir Andrew, opening the book, found it to be a collection of acts of parliament.
Сторінка 77 - His Latin and Greek stood him in little stead ; he was to give an account only of the state of his soul : whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on, and when completed. The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death...
Сторінка 197 - ... fellow, upon changing his condition, will be no longer puzzled how to stand the raillery of his facetious companions; that he need not own he married only to plunder an heiress of her fortune, nor pretend that he uses her ill, to avoid the ridiculous name of a fond husband.
Сторінка 173 - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers, teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures.