The Spectator, Volumen3Tonson, 1739 |
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... fame Affection which ftirs Man's Defires , and gives the Party beloved fo beautiful a the jealous up Figure in his Imagination , makes him believe the kindles ' the fame Paffion in others , and appears as amiable to all Beholders . And ...
... fame Affection which ftirs Man's Defires , and gives the Party beloved fo beautiful a the jealous up Figure in his Imagination , makes him believe the kindles ' the fame Paffion in others , and appears as amiable to all Beholders . And ...
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... fame time fhews you have no honourable Opinion of her ; both of which are strong Motives to Averfion . NOR is this the worst Effect of Jealoufy ; for it often draws after it a more fatal Train of Confequences , and makes the Perfon you ...
... fame time fhews you have no honourable Opinion of her ; both of which are strong Motives to Averfion . NOR is this the worst Effect of Jealoufy ; for it often draws after it a more fatal Train of Confequences , and makes the Perfon you ...
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... fame Defign in both . Thefe Men therefore bear hard upon the fufpected Party , purfue her clofe through all her Turnings and Windings , and are too well acquainted with the Chace , to be flung off by any falfe Steps or Doubles : Befides ...
... fame Defign in both . Thefe Men therefore bear hard upon the fufpected Party , purfue her clofe through all her Turnings and Windings , and are too well acquainted with the Chace , to be flung off by any falfe Steps or Doubles : Befides ...
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... fame time fo difingenu- ous , that it ought never to be put in practice , but by fuch as have Skill enough to cover the Deceit , and Innocence to render it excufable . I fhall conclude this Effay with the Story of Herod and Mariamme ...
... fame time fo difingenu- ous , that it ought never to be put in practice , but by fuch as have Skill enough to cover the Deceit , and Innocence to render it excufable . I fhall conclude this Effay with the Story of Herod and Mariamme ...
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... fame Contempt or Indifference as he would upon a Cox comb : The wanton Carriage in a Woman would disappoint her of the Admiration which fhe aims at ; and the vain Drefs or Difcourfe of a Man ,, would would deftroy the Comeliness of his ...
... fame Contempt or Indifference as he would upon a Cox comb : The wanton Carriage in a Woman would disappoint her of the Admiration which fhe aims at ; and the vain Drefs or Difcourfe of a Man ,, would would deftroy the Comeliness of his ...
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Página 305 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 103 - If exercise throws off all superfluities, temperance prevents them ; if exercise clears the vessels, temperance neither satiates nor overstrains them; if exercise raises proper ferments in the humours, and promotes...
Página 106 - If we consider these ancient sages, a great part of whose philosophy consisted in a temperate and abstemious course of life, one would think the life of a philosopher and the life of a man were of two different dates.
Página 212 - IF we look abroad upon the great multitude of mankind, and endeavour to trace out the principles of action in every individual, it will, I think...
Página 207 - A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon: Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Página 222 - Athenians, with what wonderful art are almost all the different tempers of mankind represented in that elegant audience? You see one credulous of all that is said; another wrapt up in deep suspense; another saying, there is some reason in what he says; another angry that the apostle destroys a favourite opinion which he is unwilling to give up; another wholly convinced, and holding out his hands in rapture; while the generality attend, and wait for the opinion of those who are of leading characters...
Página 60 - To justify this assertion, I shall put my reader in mind of Horace, the greatest wit and critic in the Augustan age ; and of Boileau, the most correct poet among the moderns ; not to mention La Fontaine, who by this way of writing is come more into vogue than any other author of our times.
Página 89 - I have been told of a certain zealous dissenter, who being a great enemy to popery, and believing that bad men are the most fortunate in this world, will lay two to one on the number 666 against any other number, because, says he, it is the number of the beast.
Página 63 - Pain of the vicious part of that species which was given up to them. But upon examining to which of them any individual they met with belonged, they found each of them had a right to him ; for that, contrary...
Página 217 - When these have pointed out to us which course we may lawfully steer, it is no harm to set out all our sail; if the storms and tempests of adversity should rise upon us, and not suffer us to make the haven where we would be, it will however prove no small consolation to us in these circumstances, that we have neither mistaken our course, nor fallen into calamities of our own procuring. Religion therefore (were we to...