The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... Defires after he had forgot this cruel Beauty , infomuch that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of Chastity with Beggars and Gipfies : But this is looked upon by his Friends rather as Matter of Rallery than Truth . He ...
... Defires after he had forgot this cruel Beauty , infomuch that it is reported he has frequently offended in point of Chastity with Beggars and Gipfies : But this is looked upon by his Friends rather as Matter of Rallery than Truth . He ...
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... defire no more in any thing but to be new to be agreeable . If I found Confolation among fuch , I was as much difquieted by the Incapacity of others . These are Mortals who have a certain Curiofity without Power of Reflexion , and ...
... defire no more in any thing but to be new to be agreeable . If I found Confolation among fuch , I was as much difquieted by the Incapacity of others . These are Mortals who have a certain Curiofity without Power of Reflexion , and ...
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... defires to form a right Judgment of those who are the Actors on it . THERE is another Set of Men that I must likewife lay a Claim to , whom I have lately called the Blanks of Society , as being altogether unfurnished with Ideas , till ...
... defires to form a right Judgment of those who are the Actors on it . THERE is another Set of Men that I must likewife lay a Claim to , whom I have lately called the Blanks of Society , as being altogether unfurnished with Ideas , till ...
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... defire me to keep my Word , affure me that it is high Time to give over , with many other little Pleafantries of the like Nature , which Men of a little smart Genius cannot forbear throwing out against their best Friends , when they ...
... defire me to keep my Word , affure me that it is high Time to give over , with many other little Pleafantries of the like Nature , which Men of a little smart Genius cannot forbear throwing out against their best Friends , when they ...
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... defires his Name may be concealed . He fays very handfomly , in his own Excufe , that he does not act for Gain , that he indulges an innocent Pleasure in it ; and that it is better to pass away an Evening in this manner , than in Gaming ...
... defires his Name may be concealed . He fays very handfomly , in his own Excufe , that he does not act for Gain , that he indulges an innocent Pleasure in it ; and that it is better to pass away an Evening in this manner , than in Gaming ...
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Page 109 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 13 - He is a gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour, but his singularities proceed from his good sense, and are contradictions to the manners of the world, only as he thinks the world is in the wrong.
Page 18 - I am next to speak of as one of our company, for he visits us but seldom; but when he does, it adds to every man else a new enjoyment of himself. He is a clergyman, a very philosophic man, of general learning, great sanctity of life, and the most exact good breeding.
Page 273 - Nature seems to have taken a particular care to disseminate her blessings among the different regions of the world, with an eye to this mutual intercourse and traffic among mankind, that the natives of the several parts of the globe might have a kind of dependence upon one another, and be united together by their common interest.
Page 201 - ... ligatures, that we are apt to think are the occasion of several distempers among them, which our country is entirely free from. Instead of those beautiful feathers with which we adorn our heads, they often buy up a monstrous bush of hair, which covers their heads, and falls down in a large fleece below the middle of their backs ; with which they walk up and down the streets, and are as proud of it as if it was of their own growth. ' We were invited to one of their public diversions, where we...
Page 273 - If we consider our own country in its natural prospect, without any of the benefits and advantages of commerce, what a barren, uncomfortable spot of earth falls to our share...
Page 249 - Poets who want this strength of genius to give that majestic simplicity to nature, which we so much admire in the works of the ancients, are forced to hunt after foreign ornaments, and not to let any piece of wit of what kind soever escape them. I look upon these writers as Goths in poetry, who, like those in architecture, not being able to come up to the beautiful simplicity of the old Greeks and Romans, have endeavoured to supply its place with all the extravagancies of an irregular fancy.
Page 255 - ... the wantonness of new appearances; but on such also who have just enough to clothe them. An old acquaintance of mine of ninety pounds a year, who has naturally the vanity of being a man of fashion deep at his heart, is very much put to it to bear the mortality of princes.
Page 272 - ... solemnities I cannot forbear expressing my joy with tears that have stolen down my cheeks. For this reason I am wonderfully- delighted to see such a body of men thriving in their own private fortunes, and at the...
Page 14 - His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company. When he comes into a house, he calls the servants by their names, and talks all the way up stairs to a visit.