The Spectator, Volumen7Tonson, 1718 |
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Página 22
... Husbands , who complain of Vanity , Pride , but a bove all Ill - nature , in their Wives . I cannot tell how it is , but I think I fee in all their Letters that the Cause of their Uneafinefs is in themselves ; and indeed I have hard- ly ...
... Husbands , who complain of Vanity , Pride , but a bove all Ill - nature , in their Wives . I cannot tell how it is , but I think I fee in all their Letters that the Cause of their Uneafinefs is in themselves ; and indeed I have hard- ly ...
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... Husband is difpofed in him- felf , every Circumftance of his Life is to give him Torment or Pleasure . When the ... Husband what extraordinary things the Child fpoke fince he went out . No longer than yefterday I was prevail'd with to go ...
... Husband is difpofed in him- felf , every Circumftance of his Life is to give him Torment or Pleasure . When the ... Husband what extraordinary things the Child fpoke fince he went out . No longer than yefterday I was prevail'd with to go ...
Página 30
... Husband , while her firft was yet living . The firft Husband , who was fuppofed to have been dead , returning to his House after a long Abfence , raifes a noble Perplexity for the Tragick Part of the Play . In the mean while , the Nurfe ...
... Husband , while her firft was yet living . The firft Husband , who was fuppofed to have been dead , returning to his House after a long Abfence , raifes a noble Perplexity for the Tragick Part of the Play . In the mean while , the Nurfe ...
Página 34
... Husband who comes under the Denomination of the Henpeck'd ; but I do not remember that you have ever touched upon one that is of the quite different Character , and who , in feveral Places of England , goes by the name of a Cot - Quean ...
... Husband who comes under the Denomination of the Henpeck'd ; but I do not remember that you have ever touched upon one that is of the quite different Character , and who , in feveral Places of England , goes by the name of a Cot - Quean ...
Página 35
... Husband : He is perpetually in • the Kitchin , and has a thousand Squabbles with the Cook- maid . He is better acquainted with the Milk - Score , than his Steward's Accounts , I fret to death when I hear him * find fault with a Difh ...
... Husband : He is perpetually in • the Kitchin , and has a thousand Squabbles with the Cook- maid . He is better acquainted with the Milk - Score , than his Steward's Accounts , I fret to death when I hear him * find fault with a Difh ...
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Página 114 - ... discourse, or distract you so that you cannot go on, and by consequence, if they cannot be as witty as you are, they can hinder your being any wittier than they are. Thus, if you talk of a candle, he
Página 221 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can. for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary: for you can never go far enough.
Página 59 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble : they reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Página 175 - ... we see no chasms or gaps. All quite down from us the descent is by easy steps, and a continued series of things, that in each remove differ very little one from the other.
Página 167 - ... parish, that he has left money to build a steeple to the church : for he was heard to say some time ago, that if he lived two years longer, Coverley church should have a steeple to it.
Página 161 - Catholic world in the following manner. ' There were not ever, before the entrance of the Christian name into the world, men who have maintained a more renowned carriage, than the two great rivals who possess the full fame of the present age, and will be the theme and examination of the future.
Página 168 - This letter, notwithstanding the poor butler's manner of writing it, gave us such an idea of our good old friend, that upon the reading of it there was not a dry eye in the club. Sir Andrew, opening the book, found it to be a collection of acts of parliament.
Página 77 - His Latin and Greek stood him in little stead ; he was to give an account only of the state of his soul : whether he was of the number of the elect ; what was the occasion of his conversion ; upon what day of the month and hour of the day it happened ; how it was carried on, and when completed. The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death...
Página 197 - ... fellow, upon changing his condition, will be no longer puzzled how to stand the raillery of his facetious companions; that he need not own he married only to plunder an heiress of her fortune, nor pretend that he uses her ill, to avoid the ridiculous name of a fond husband.
Página 173 - On the other hand, if we look into the more bulky parts of nature, we see the seas, lakes, and rivers, teeming with numberless kinds of living creatures.