The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... conversation of one who has no imagination to be fired at the several occasions and objects which come before him , or who cannot strike out of his reflections new paths of pleas- ing discourse . Honest Will Thrash and his wife , though ...
... conversation of one who has no imagination to be fired at the several occasions and objects which come before him , or who cannot strike out of his reflections new paths of pleas- ing discourse . Honest Will Thrash and his wife , though ...
Page 14
... conversation . It was determined among those airy critics , that the appellation of a sober man should sig- nify a spiritless fellow . And I am apt to think it was about the same time that good - nature , a word so pecu- liarly elegant ...
... conversation . It was determined among those airy critics , that the appellation of a sober man should sig- nify a spiritless fellow . And I am apt to think it was about the same time that good - nature , a word so pecu- liarly elegant ...
Page 24
... conversation as often , and oftener than the strict discipline of the school would allow of . You may easily imagine after such an ac- quaintance we might be exceeding merry with- out any offence , as in calling to mind how many in ...
... conversation as often , and oftener than the strict discipline of the school would allow of . You may easily imagine after such an ac- quaintance we might be exceeding merry with- out any offence , as in calling to mind how many in ...
Page 32
... conversations , sets himself above the author of aQuarto the author of a Quarto , above the author of an Octavo : and so on , by a gradual descent and subordination to an author in Twenty - Fours . This distinction is so well observed ...
... conversations , sets himself above the author of aQuarto the author of a Quarto , above the author of an Octavo : and so on , by a gradual descent and subordination to an author in Twenty - Fours . This distinction is so well observed ...
Page 35
... conversation , while those who are waiting - women and maids of honor upon the stage , keep their distance also behind the scenes . I shall only add , that , by a parity of reason , all writers of tragedy look upon it as their due to be ...
... conversation , while those who are waiting - women and maids of honor upon the stage , keep their distance also behind the scenes . I shall only add , that , by a parity of reason , all writers of tragedy look upon it as their due to be ...
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