The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... affectation of being wise rather than honest , witty than good- natured , is the source of most of the ill habits of life . Such false impressions are owing to the aban- doned writings of men of wit , and the awkward imi- tation of the ...
... affectation of being wise rather than honest , witty than good- natured , is the source of most of the ill habits of life . Such false impressions are owing to the aban- doned writings of men of wit , and the awkward imi- tation of the ...
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... affectation of being gay and in fashion , has very near eaten up our good sense , and our religion . Is there any thing so just as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what is proper and agreeable to the ...
... affectation of being gay and in fashion , has very near eaten up our good sense , and our religion . Is there any thing so just as that mode and gallantry should be built upon exerting ourselves in what is proper and agreeable to the ...
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... affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small - pox . That no woman is capable of being beautiful , who is not incapable of being false . ' And , That what would be odious in a friend is deformity in a mistress ...
... affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small - pox . That no woman is capable of being beautiful , who is not incapable of being false . ' And , That what would be odious in a friend is deformity in a mistress ...
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... affectation . If you will please to be at the house to - night , you will see me do my endeavour to shew some unnatural ap- pearances which are in vogue among the polite and well - bred . I am to present , in the character of a fine ...
... affectation . If you will please to be at the house to - night , you will see me do my endeavour to shew some unnatural ap- pearances which are in vogue among the polite and well - bred . I am to present , in the character of a fine ...
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... affectation , naturally led me to look into that strange state of mind which so ge- nerally discolours the behaviour of most people we meet with . the The learned Dr. Burnet , in his Theory of the Earth , takes occasion to observe ...
... affectation , naturally led me to look into that strange state of mind which so ge- nerally discolours the behaviour of most people we meet with . the The learned Dr. Burnet , in his Theory of the Earth , takes occasion to observe ...
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Página 199 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Página 57 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep...
Página 1 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 281 - Wit lying most in the assemblage of Ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant Pictures, and agreeable Visions in the fancy...
Página 281 - ... in separating carefully one from another, ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being mis-led by similitude, and by affinity, to take one thing for another.
Página 5 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that was in fashion at the time of his repulse, which, in his merry humours, he tells us, has been in and out twelve times since he first wore it.
Página 6 - ... town and country ; a great lover of mankind ; but there is such a mirthful cast in his behaviour, that he is rather beloved than esteemed. His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Página 198 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Página 317 - Forsake not an old friend, for the new is not comparable to "him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
Página 2 - Thus I live in the world rather as a 'Spectator' of mankind than as one of the species...