The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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... lady has stipulated with her husband , that whatever his opinions are , she shall be at liberty to patch on which side she pleases . I must here take notice , that Rosalinda , a famous whig partizan , has most unfortunately a very beau ...
... lady has stipulated with her husband , that whatever his opinions are , she shall be at liberty to patch on which side she pleases . I must here take notice , that Rosalinda , a famous whig partizan , has most unfortunately a very beau ...
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... lady , came up to him and said , ' Sir , I know you have too much respect for yourself to cane me in this honourable habit . But you see there is a lady in the case , and I hope on that score also , you will put off your anger till I ...
... lady , came up to him and said , ' Sir , I know you have too much respect for yourself to cane me in this honourable habit . But you see there is a lady in the case , and I hope on that score also , you will put off your anger till I ...
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... lady might sacrifice half a century to a scruple , and be two or three ages in de- murring . Had she nine hundred years good , she might hold out to the conversion of the Jews before she thought fit to be prevailed upon . But , alas ...
... lady might sacrifice half a century to a scruple , and be two or three ages in de- murring . Had she nine hundred years good , she might hold out to the conversion of the Jews before she thought fit to be prevailed upon . But , alas ...
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... lady gave me of the loves of a family in town , which shall be name- less ; or rather , for the better sound and elevation of the history , instead of Mr. and Mrs. Such - a - one , I Without further shall call them by feigned names ...
... lady gave me of the loves of a family in town , which shall be name- less ; or rather , for the better sound and elevation of the history , instead of Mr. and Mrs. Such - a - one , I Without further shall call them by feigned names ...
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... lady Honoria , a widow about the age of forty , of a healthy constitu- tion , gay temper , and elegant person . She dresses a little too much like a girl , affects a childish fondness in the tone of her voice , sometimes a pretty ...
... lady Honoria , a widow about the age of forty , of a healthy constitu- tion , gay temper , and elegant person . She dresses a little too much like a girl , affects a childish fondness in the tone of her voice , sometimes a pretty ...
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Seite 144 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Seite 368 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Seite 369 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Seite 367 - I had ever heard : they put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Seite 119 - Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation: he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Seite 371 - I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates...
Seite 164 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Seite 366 - I was at Grand Cairo I picked up several oriental manuscripts, which I have still by me. Among others I met with one entitled, " The Visions of Mirzah," which I have read over with great pleasure.
Seite 193 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Seite 127 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man. He makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.