The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 11
... opinion some have often in their mouths , that if we do not leave our desires , they will leave us . It is far otherwise ; I am now as vain in my dress , and as flippant if I see a pretty woman , as when in my youth I stood upon a bench ...
... opinion some have often in their mouths , that if we do not leave our desires , they will leave us . It is far otherwise ; I am now as vain in my dress , and as flippant if I see a pretty woman , as when in my youth I stood upon a bench ...
Page 45
... opinion would have entirely de- stroyed the unity of his principal action , had he re- , lated them in the same order that they happened , ) he cast them into the fifth , sixth , and seventh books , by way of episode to this noble poem ...
... opinion would have entirely de- stroyed the unity of his principal action , had he re- , lated them in the same order that they happened , ) he cast them into the fifth , sixth , and seventh books , by way of episode to this noble poem ...
Page 49
... opinion that I ought sometimes to lay before the world the plain letters of my correspondents in the artless dress in which they hastily send them , that the reader may see I am not accuser and judge myself , but that the indict- ment ...
... opinion that I ought sometimes to lay before the world the plain letters of my correspondents in the artless dress in which they hastily send them , that the reader may see I am not accuser and judge myself , but that the indict- ment ...
Page 52
... opinion was the greater aggravation of her crime . I being busy wiping off the blood which trickled down my face , had not time to acquaint her with her barbarity , as also with my resolution , viz . never to look out of my way for one ...
... opinion was the greater aggravation of her crime . I being busy wiping off the blood which trickled down my face , had not time to acquaint her with her barbarity , as also with my resolution , viz . never to look out of my way for one ...
Page 64
... opinion upon the new - fashioned hoods . For to tell you truly ( says she ) I was afraid he would have made us ashamed to show our heads . Now , sir , you must know , since this unlucky accident happened to me in a company of ladies ...
... opinion upon the new - fashioned hoods . For to tell you truly ( says she ) I was afraid he would have made us ashamed to show our heads . Now , sir , you must know , since this unlucky accident happened to me in a company of ladies ...
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