The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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low , that had a great deal of Learning , if I would but fhew it . An infatiable Thirft after Knowledge carried me into all the Countries of Europe , in which there was any thing new or ftrange to be feen ; nay , to fuch a De- gree was ...
low , that had a great deal of Learning , if I would but fhew it . An infatiable Thirft after Knowledge carried me into all the Countries of Europe , in which there was any thing new or ftrange to be feen ; nay , to fuch a De- gree was ...
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... fhew her Foot made that part of the Drefs fo fhort in fuch a Year . In a word , all his Converfation and Knowledge have been in the female World : As other Men of his Age will take notice to you what fuch a Minifter faid upon fuch and ...
... fhew her Foot made that part of the Drefs fo fhort in fuch a Year . In a word , all his Converfation and Knowledge have been in the female World : As other Men of his Age will take notice to you what fuch a Minifter faid upon fuch and ...
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... fhew my felf ; I gratify the Vanity of all who pretend to make an Appearance , and have often as kind Looks from well - drefs'd Gentlemen and Ladies , as a Poet would bestow upon one of his Audience . There are fo many Gratifications ...
... fhew my felf ; I gratify the Vanity of all who pretend to make an Appearance , and have often as kind Looks from well - drefs'd Gentlemen and Ladies , as a Poet would bestow upon one of his Audience . There are fo many Gratifications ...
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... fhew there is nothing in this , if we look into the Writings of the old Italians , fuch as Cicero and Virgil , we shall find that the English Writers , in their way of thinking and expreffing themselves , refemble thofe Au- thors much ...
... fhew there is nothing in this , if we look into the Writings of the old Italians , fuch as Cicero and Virgil , we shall find that the English Writers , in their way of thinking and expreffing themselves , refemble thofe Au- thors much ...
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... fhew their Faces by Con- fent . Whispers , Squeezes , Nods , and Embraces , are the innocent Freedoms of the Place . In fhort , the ⚫ to them . • whole whole Defign of this libidinous Affembly , feems to ter- N ° 8 . 39 The SPECTATOR .
... fhew their Faces by Con- fent . Whispers , Squeezes , Nods , and Embraces , are the innocent Freedoms of the Place . In fhort , the ⚫ to them . • whole whole Defign of this libidinous Affembly , feems to ter- N ° 8 . 39 The SPECTATOR .
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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.