The Spectator, Volumen 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 páginas |
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... hear the Anguish " he only can relieve others from in time to come ? Let " him hear from me , what they feel who have given " Death by the falfe Mercy of his Administration , and " form to himself the Vengeance call'd for by those who ...
... hear the Anguish " he only can relieve others from in time to come ? Let " him hear from me , what they feel who have given " Death by the falfe Mercy of his Administration , and " form to himself the Vengeance call'd for by those who ...
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... hear . · WITH this Account you may wonder how I can ⚫ have the Vanity to offer my felf as a Candidate , which I now do , to a Society , where the SPECTATOR and • Hecatiffa have been admitted with fo much Applaufe . ⚫ I don't want to ...
... hear . · WITH this Account you may wonder how I can ⚫ have the Vanity to offer my felf as a Candidate , which I now do , to a Society , where the SPECTATOR and • Hecatiffa have been admitted with fo much Applaufe . ⚫ I don't want to ...
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... hear any one of this Species com- plaining that Life is fhort ? THE Stage might be made a perpetual Source of the moft noble and ufeful Entertainments , were it under proper Regulations . BUT the Mind never unbends it felf fo agreeably ...
... hear any one of this Species com- plaining that Life is fhort ? THE Stage might be made a perpetual Source of the moft noble and ufeful Entertainments , were it under proper Regulations . BUT the Mind never unbends it felf fo agreeably ...
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... hear my dear Master's laft Grone . I was quickly turn'd out of the Room , ⚫ and left to fob and beat my Head against the Wall at my Leifure . The Grief I was in was inexpreffible ; and every Body thought it would have coft me my Life ...
... hear my dear Master's laft Grone . I was quickly turn'd out of the Room , ⚫ and left to fob and beat my Head against the Wall at my Leifure . The Grief I was in was inexpreffible ; and every Body thought it would have coft me my Life ...
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... hear in a Crowd a Cry in the right Place , an Hum where the Point is touched in a Speech , or an Huzza fet up where it is the Voice of the People ; you may conclude it is begun , or joined by , 6 · · SIR , Your more than humble Servant ...
... hear in a Crowd a Cry in the right Place , an Hum where the Point is touched in a Speech , or an Huzza fet up where it is the Voice of the People ; you may conclude it is begun , or joined by , 6 · · SIR , Your more than humble Servant ...
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Página 154 - Upon this my friend with his usual cheerfulness related the particulars above-mentioned, and ordered the head to be brought into the room. I could not forbear discovering greater expressions of mirth than ordinary upon the appearance of this...
Página 285 - I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it. to his lips, and began to play upon it. The sound of it was...
Página 102 - ... himself. He now and then presents a pair of garters of his own knitting to their mothers or sisters ; and raises a great deal of mirth among them, by inquiring as often as he meets them
Página 87 - Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it...
Página 116 - Sunday in the dignity of his order, and insinuates to them in almost every sermon that he is a better man than his patron. In short, matters are come to such an extremity, that the squire has not said his prayers either in public or private this half year; and that the parson threatens him, if he does not mend his manners, to pray for him in the face of the whole congregation.
Página 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it," said I, " and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and, upon...
Página 287 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Página 286 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls 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.
Página 95 - ... as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him : by this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master.
Página 286 - What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest...