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9. oldal
It is very pleasant , on this occasion , to hear the lady propose her doubts , and to
see the pains she is at to get over them . . I must not here omit a practice that is in
use among the vainer part of our own sex , who will often ask a friend ' s advice ...
It is very pleasant , on this occasion , to hear the lady propose her doubts , and to
see the pains she is at to get over them . . I must not here omit a practice that is in
use among the vainer part of our own sex , who will often ask a friend ' s advice ...
193. oldal
Indeed we were once in great hope of his recovery , upon a kind message that
was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love to the forty last years
of his life ; but this only proved a lightning before death . He has bequeathed to ...
Indeed we were once in great hope of his recovery , upon a kind message that
was sent him from the widow lady whom he had made love to the forty last years
of his life ; but this only proved a lightning before death . He has bequeathed to ...
282. oldal
them useful to the ladies they admire . ... is needless to urge it further , by
speaking of the satisfaction these male knotters will find , when they see their
work mixed up in a fringe , and worn by the fair lady for whom and with whom it
was done .
them useful to the ladies they admire . ... is needless to urge it further , by
speaking of the satisfaction these male knotters will find , when they see their
work mixed up in a fringe , and worn by the fair lady for whom and with whom it
was done .
283. oldal
Now you cannot but observe , that most of our fine young ladies readily fall in with
the direction of the graver sort , to retain ... Nay , it is the opinion of that grave lady
, Madam Matchwell , that it is absolutely convenient for every prudent family to ...
Now you cannot but observe , that most of our fine young ladies readily fall in with
the direction of the graver sort , to retain ... Nay , it is the opinion of that grave lady
, Madam Matchwell , that it is absolutely convenient for every prudent family to ...
330. oldal
decessor of the present emperor to Lewis XII . of France ; but no lady of that court
would take the voyage , that sex not being at that time so much used in public
negotiations . The manner of treating the pope is , according to the Chinese ...
decessor of the present emperor to Lewis XII . of France ; but no lady of that court
would take the voyage , that sex not being at that time so much used in public
negotiations . The manner of treating the pope is , according to the Chinese ...
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Nem találtunk ismertetőket a szokott helyeken.
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302. oldal - tis not done; the attempt and not the deed Confounds us. Hark! I laid their daggers ready; He could not miss them. Had he not resembled My father as he slept I had done 't.
60. oldal - I am no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of /company; yet in one dream I can compose a whole comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof. Were my memory as faithful as my reason is then fruitful, I would never study but in my dreams ; and this time also would I chuse for my devotions...
69. oldal - In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore ; And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
301. oldal - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
60. oldal - ... and feel, though indeed the organs are destitute of sense, and their natures of those faculties that should inform them. Thus it is observed, that men sometimes, upon the hour of their departure, do speak and reason above themselves; for then the soul, beginning to be freed from the ligaments of the body, begins to reason like herself, and to discourse in a strain above mortality.
68. oldal - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
16. oldal - It must have been a fine Genius for Gardening, that could have thought of forming such an unsightly Hollow into so beautiful an Area, and to have hit the Eye with so uncommon and agreeable a Scene as that which it is now wrought into. To give this particular Spot of Ground the greater Effect, they have made a very pleasing Contrast ; for as on one Side of the Walk you see this hollow Basin, with its several little Plantations lying so conveniently under the Eye of the Beholder ; on the other Side...
189. oldal - ... several legacies and the gifts of charity, which he told him he had left as quit-rents upon the estate. The captain truly seems a courteous man, though he says but little. He makes much of those whom my master loved, and shows great kindness to the old house-dog that you know my poor master was so fond of.
68. oldal - 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 wits
195. oldal - If after this we look into the several inward Perfections of Cunning and Sagacity, or what we generally call Instinct, we find them rising after the same manner, imperceptibly one above another, and receiving additional Improvements, according to the Species in which they are implanted. This Progress in Nature is so very gradual, that the most perfect of an inferior Species comes very near to the most imperfect of that which is immediately above it...
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The British Essayists: Spectator 11. kötet/The British Essayists, James Ferguson (Advocate) |
| Munkatárs | James Ferguson (Advocate) |
| Kiadás | 2 |
| Kiadó | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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