The Spectator, Volumen7Tonson, 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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Página 114 - ... discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder your being any wittier than they are. Thus, if you talk of a candle, he
Página 221 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can. for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.