The Spectator, Volumen 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 páginas |
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... Sir ROGER was going on in his Story , the Gen- tleman we were talking of came up to us ; and upon the Knight's asking him who preached to - morrow ( for it was Saturday Night ) told us the Bishop of St. Asaph in the Morning , and Dr ...
... Sir ROGER was going on in his Story , the Gen- tleman we were talking of came up to us ; and upon the Knight's asking him who preached to - morrow ( for it was Saturday Night ) told us the Bishop of St. Asaph in the Morning , and Dr ...
Página 98
... Sir ROGER's ; it is ufual in all other Places , that Servants fly from the Parts of the House through which their Master is paffing ; on the contrary , here they induftriously place themselves in his and it is on both Sides , as it were ...
... Sir ROGER's ; it is ufual in all other Places , that Servants fly from the Parts of the House through which their Master is paffing ; on the contrary , here they induftriously place themselves in his and it is on both Sides , as it were ...
Página 99
... Sir ROGER'S Eftate , is tenanted by Perfons who have served himself or his Ancestors . It was to me extremely plea- fant to obferve the Vifitants from feveral Parts to welcome his Arrival into the Country ; and all the Difference that I ...
... Sir ROGER'S Eftate , is tenanted by Perfons who have served himself or his Ancestors . It was to me extremely plea- fant to obferve the Vifitants from feveral Parts to welcome his Arrival into the Country ; and all the Difference that I ...
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... Sir ROGER's Family , and one or two more , good Servants treated as they ought to be . Sir ROGER'S Kindness extends to their Children's Children , and this very Morning he fent his Coachman's Grandfon to Pren- tice . I fhall conclude ...
... Sir ROGER's Family , and one or two more , good Servants treated as they ought to be . Sir ROGER'S Kindness extends to their Children's Children , and this very Morning he fent his Coachman's Grandfon to Pren- tice . I fhall conclude ...
Página 101
... Sir ROGER , I Defire you to accept of a Jack , which is the best I have caught this Seafon . I intend to come and ftay • with you a Week , and fee how the Perch bite in the " ' Black River . I obferved with fome Concern , the last ...
... Sir ROGER , I Defire you to accept of a Jack , which is the best I have caught this Seafon . I intend to come and ftay • with you a Week , and fee how the Perch bite in the " ' Black River . I obferved with fome Concern , the last ...
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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...