The Spectator, Volume 1J. Tonson, 1729 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 79
Page 7
... Manners , and of the furprising Influence which is peculiar to You in making every one who Converses with your Lordship prefer You to himself , without thinking the lefs meanly of his own Talents . But if I fhould take notice of all ...
... Manners , and of the furprising Influence which is peculiar to You in making every one who Converses with your Lordship prefer You to himself , without thinking the lefs meanly of his own Talents . But if I fhould take notice of all ...
Page 13
... Manners of the World , only as he thinks the World is in the Wrong . However , this Hu- mour creates him no Enemies , for he does nothing with Sournefs or Obftinacy ; and his being unconfined to Modes and Forms , makes him but the ...
... Manners of the World , only as he thinks the World is in the Wrong . However , this Hu- mour creates him no Enemies , for he does nothing with Sournefs or Obftinacy ; and his being unconfined to Modes and Forms , makes him but the ...
Page 15
... Manners , Actions , and Writings of the Ancients , makes him a very delicate Obferver of what occurs to him in the prefent World . He is an excellent Critick , and the Time of the Play is his Hour of Bufinefs ; exactly at five he paffes ...
... Manners , Actions , and Writings of the Ancients , makes him a very delicate Obferver of what occurs to him in the prefent World . He is an excellent Critick , and the Time of the Play is his Hour of Bufinefs ; exactly at five he paffes ...
Page 17
... Manner of curling their Hair , that Way of placing their Hoods ; whofe Frailty was covered by fuch a fort of Petticoat , and whofe Vanity to fhew her Foot made that Part of the Drefs fo fhort in fuch a Year . In a Word , all his ...
... Manner of curling their Hair , that Way of placing their Hoods ; whofe Frailty was covered by fuch a fort of Petticoat , and whofe Vanity to fhew her Foot made that Part of the Drefs fo fhort in fuch a Year . In a Word , all his ...
Page 20
... Manner , and mingled together in a kind of Dance . It would be tedious to defcribe their Habits and Perfons , for which Reafon I fhall only inform my Reader that the firft Couple were Tyranny and Anar- chy , the fecond were Bigotry and ...
... Manner , and mingled together in a kind of Dance . It would be tedious to defcribe their Habits and Perfons , for which Reafon I fhall only inform my Reader that the firft Couple were Tyranny and Anar- chy , the fecond were Bigotry and ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abfurd Admiration Affembly appear Audience Beauty becauſe Behaviour Bufinefs caft Club confider Confideration Converfation Correfpondents defcribed Defign defire Difcourfe difcovered Diverfion Drefs endeavour English Entertainment Eyes faid falfe fame fays feems feen felf felves feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt flain fome fomething fometimes foon fpeak Friend ftill fuch fure Gentleman give greateſt himſelf Honour Houfe humble Servant Humour ibid juft kind King Lady laft lefs Letter likewife Lion look Love Lover Manner Mind moft moſt Mufick muft muſt Nature never Number obferved Occafion Opera Ovid paffed Paffion Paper Perfon Pharamond Pict pleafed pleaſe Pleaſure Poet prefent Prefident publick racter raiſed Reader Reafon reprefent Satyr Senfe ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thought Tragedy ufual underſtand uſed Verfe whofe whole Woman Words World Writings