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... fortune to find his whole family very much dejected . Upon afking him the occafion of it , he told me that his wife ... fortunes never come fingle . My friend , I found , acted but an under- part at his table , and being a man of more ...
... fortune to find his whole family very much dejected . Upon afking him the occafion of it , he told me that his wife ... fortunes never come fingle . My friend , I found , acted but an under- part at his table , and being a man of more ...
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... fortune by trade and ⚫ merchandise . Our adventurer was the third fon of an eminent citizen , who had taken particular care to inftil into his mind an early love of gain , by making him a perfect master of numbers , and confequently ...
... fortune by trade and ⚫ merchandise . Our adventurer was the third fon of an eminent citizen , who had taken particular care to inftil into his mind an early love of gain , by making him a perfect master of numbers , and confequently ...
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... fortune to touch upon fome of the woody parts of the African continent , in your voyage to or from Grand Cairo . There have arofe in this univerfity ( long fince you left us without faying any thing ) feveral of thefe inferior heb ...
... fortune to touch upon fome of the woody parts of the African continent , in your voyage to or from Grand Cairo . There have arofe in this univerfity ( long fince you left us without faying any thing ) feveral of thefe inferior heb ...
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... fortune , could he do it with the fame fecurity . There is indeed fomething very barbarous and inhuman in the or- dinary fcribblers of lampoons . An in- nocent young lady fhall be expofed , for an unhappy feature . A father of a fa mily ...
... fortune , could he do it with the fame fecurity . There is indeed fomething very barbarous and inhuman in the or- dinary fcribblers of lampoons . An in- nocent young lady fhall be expofed , for an unhappy feature . A father of a fa mily ...
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... fortune , are by no means fuitable companions . You are , it is true , very pretty , can dance , and make a very good figure in a public affembly ; but , alas , Madam , you must go no fur- ther ; diftance and filence are your best ...
... fortune , are by no means fuitable companions . You are , it is true , very pretty , can dance , and make a very good figure in a public affembly ; but , alas , Madam , you must go no fur- ther ; diftance and filence are your best ...
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admiration Æneid agreeable alfo beauty becauſe befides behaviour bufinefs cafe confider confideration converfation defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcovered drefs exprefs eyes faid fame fatire fecret feems feen felf felves fenfe fent ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpeak fpecies fpeculation fpirit ftand ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure gentleman give heart herſelf himſelf honour houfe humble fervant humour inftance itſelf kind lady laft lefs letter likewife live look mafter mankind manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferve occafion OVID paffion pafs perfon Pharamond pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poet poffible prefent racter raiſed reader reafon reprefented ſhall ſhe Sir Roger ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion ufual uſe VIRG virtue whofe whole woman words young
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Página 53 - 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.
Página 304 - 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 7 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Página 53 - I know that entertainments of this nature are apt to raise dark and dismal thoughts in timorous minds and gloomy imaginations ; but for my own part, though I am always serious, I do not know what it is to be melancholy ; and can therefore take a view of nature, in her deep and solemn scenes, with the same pleasure as in her most gay and delightful ones.
Página 9 - He has good blood in his veins; Tom Mirabell begot him, the rogue cheated me in that affair; that young fellow's mother used me more like a dog than any woman I ever made advances to.' This way of talking of his very much enlivens the conversation among us of a more sedate turn; and I find there is not one of the company but myself, who rarely speak at all, but speaks of him as of that sort of man who is usually called...
Página 44 - If, in the third place, we look into the profession of physic, we shall find a most formidable body of men. The sight of them is enough to make a man serious, for we may lay it down as a maxim, that when a nation abounds in physicians, it grows thin of people.
Página 237 - My worthy friend Sir Roger is one of those who is not only at peace within himself, but beloved and esteemed by all about him. He receives a suitable tribute for his universal benevolence to mankind, in the returns of affection and good-will, which are paid him by every one that lives within his neighbourhood.
Página 281 - Let us only, if you please, to take leave of this subject, reflect upon this occasion on the vanity and transient glory of this habitable world. How by the force of one element breaking loose upon the rest, all the varieties of nature, all the works of art, all the labours of men are reduced to nothing. All that we admired and adored before as great...
Página 77 - The modern tragedy excels that of Greece and Rome in the intricacy and disposition of the fable; but, what a Christian writer would be ashamed to own, falls infinitely short of it in the moral part of the performance.
Página 79 - THE English writers of tragedy are possessed with a notion, that when they represent a virtuous or innocent person in distress, they ought not to leave him till they have delivered him out of his troubles, or made him triumph over his enemies. This error they have been led into by a ridiculous doctrine in modern criticism, that they are obliged to an equal distribution of rewards and punishments, and an impartial execution of poetical justice.^) Who were the first that established this rule, I know...