The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page vii
... reason that Inow venture to write to you without fear of being ridiculous ; and confess to you , that though it is three months since I lost a very agreeable woman , who was my wife , my sorrow is still fresh ; and I am often , in the ...
... reason that Inow venture to write to you without fear of being ridiculous ; and confess to you , that though it is three months since I lost a very agreeable woman , who was my wife , my sorrow is still fresh ; and I am often , in the ...
Page xii
... reason I am come to a resolution of believing nothing I hear ; and I contemn the man given to narrations under the appellation of a matter - of - fact man ; and , according to me , a matter - of - fact man is one whose life and con ...
... reason I am come to a resolution of believing nothing I hear ; and I contemn the man given to narrations under the appellation of a matter - of - fact man ; and , according to me , a matter - of - fact man is one whose life and con ...
Page xiv
... reason he believed he could , for he was there . However , I heard him with the same greediness as Shakespeare describes in the following lines : ' I saw a smith stand on his hammer , thus , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ...
... reason he believed he could , for he was there . However , I heard him with the same greediness as Shakespeare describes in the following lines : ' I saw a smith stand on his hammer , thus , With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ...
Page xvii
... reason , and a calm motion of spirits without transport or dejection . These ingenious men , of all men living , are most to be avoided by her who would be happy in a husband . They are immediately sated with possession , and must ...
... reason , and a calm motion of spirits without transport or dejection . These ingenious men , of all men living , are most to be avoided by her who would be happy in a husband . They are immediately sated with possession , and must ...
Page xix
... man of prudence , he makes love , as he says , as if he were already a father , and , laying aside the passion , comes to the reason of the thing . " MADAM , " My counsel has perused the inventory No. 522. • XIX THE SPECTATOR .
... man of prudence , he makes love , as he says , as if he were already a father , and , laying aside the passion , comes to the reason of the thing . " MADAM , " My counsel has perused the inventory No. 522. • XIX THE SPECTATOR .
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