The Female Spectator, Volumen2T. Gardner, 1755 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 55
Página 6
... believe ; if you have a human heart you will pity the calamitous ' circumftance which occafions this epiftle . • - KNOW then , good Spectator , without farther ceremony , that it was my misfortune ( for so it hitherto has proved ) to ...
... believe ; if you have a human heart you will pity the calamitous ' circumftance which occafions this epiftle . • - KNOW then , good Spectator , without farther ceremony , that it was my misfortune ( for so it hitherto has proved ) to ...
Página 7
... believe threw me into the moft mortal agitations ; but ' as I fhall give you , in the close of this epiftle , a ' full account of all my fufferings from this un- grateful fair , in the mean time I muft proceed to the detail of her ...
... believe threw me into the moft mortal agitations ; but ' as I fhall give you , in the close of this epiftle , a ' full account of all my fufferings from this un- grateful fair , in the mean time I muft proceed to the detail of her ...
Página 32
... believe are enough convinced of my abilities , and good - will to my king and country , to be affured I shall not prove an un- worthy member , therefore I depend you will do all you can to ferve me in this matter . - THE juftice fhook ...
... believe are enough convinced of my abilities , and good - will to my king and country , to be affured I shall not prove an un- worthy member , therefore I depend you will do all you can to ferve me in this matter . - THE juftice fhook ...
Página 48
... believe , will not be difagreeable to my readers . CELEMENA was the daughter and fole hei- refs of a gentleman of a very large eftate , perfectly agreeable in her perfon without being a beauty ; the had a good capacity and an excellent ...
... believe , will not be difagreeable to my readers . CELEMENA was the daughter and fole hei- refs of a gentleman of a very large eftate , perfectly agreeable in her perfon without being a beauty ; the had a good capacity and an excellent ...
Página 49
... believe they had not deceived her , the thought it her duty to acquaint the mother of Celemena with them . VOL . II . C THE THE old lady imparted what she had heard to her Book 7 . 49 SPECTATOR . tion: being fuch, it is not to be ...
... believe they had not deceived her , the thought it her duty to acquaint the mother of Celemena with them . VOL . II . C THE THE old lady imparted what she had heard to her Book 7 . 49 SPECTATOR . tion: being fuch, it is not to be ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
accompliſhed affured againſt alfo alſo anſwer becauſe beſt cafe cauſe chimæra confeffed confequence confideration deferve defire difcovered eafily eafy endeavour faid fame fatire favour fecret feem Female Spectator fenfe fervant ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fure furprized give greateſt guilty Hanoverian lady happen happineſs heart herſelf himſelf honour hope houſe huſband imagine infpired ingratitude intereft itſelf juft juftice laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs Lucilius madam manner meaſures mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferve obliged occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent preferve purpoſe queftion raiſe reafon render ſee ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome Specta ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand underſtanding uſe virtue whofe wifhed wiſh woman worfe
Pasajes populares
Página 79 - It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
Página 209 - d by her fair tendence gladlier grew. Yet went fhe not, as not with fuch difcourfe Delighted, or not capable her ear Of what was high...
Página 207 - O but, say they, Learning puts the Sexes too much on an Equality, it would destroy that implicit Obedience which it is necessary the Women should pay to our Commands: — If once they have the Capacity of arguing with us, where would be our Authority!
Página 195 - Part of our Sex. Those Men are certainly guilty of a great deal of Injustice who think, that all the Learning becoming in a Woman is confined to the Management of her Family...
Página 228 - ... a life to come: to which she answered that not all that the whole world could say should ever persuade her to that opinion; and then related to me the contract made between her and her dear departed friend, the Duchess of Mazarine. It was in vain I urged the strong probability there was that souls in another world might not be permitted to perform the engagements they had entered into in this, especially when they were of a nature repugnant to the divine will, "which...
Página 169 - That cordial-drop heaven in our cup has thrown, To make the naufeous draught of life go down...
Página 264 - For humors are diftinguifh'd by their hue. From hence we dream of wars and warlike things* And wafps and hornets with their double wings. Choler aduft congeals our blood with fear, Then black bulls tofs us, and black devils tear. In fanguine airy dreams aloft we bound, With rheums opprefs'd we fink in rivers drown'd* More I could fay, but thus conclude my theme, The dominating humour makes the dream.
Página 206 - Gaming and rambling Abroad, they will, it is to be hop'd, proceed to more noble and elevated Studies. If the married Ladies of Distinction begin the Change, and bring Learning into Fashion, the younger will never cease soliciting their Parents and Guardians for the Means of following it, and every Toilet in the Kingdom be loaded with Materials for beautifying the Mind more than the Face of its Owner. The Objection, therefore, that I have heard made by some Men, that Learning would make us too assuming...
Página 253 - ... preceded by a torch, which a footman belonging to one of the company had with him.
Página 133 - Pleafure never comes fmetre to Man, But lent by Heav'n, upon hard Ufury ; And while Jove holds us out the Bowl of Joy, Ere it can reach our Lips, 'tis dafh'd with Gall By fome Left-handed God.