The Spectator, Том 3Tonson, 1739 |
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... Thoughts hang at beft in a State of Doubtfulness and Uncertainty ; and are never capable of receiving any Satisfaction on the advantageous Side ; fo that his Inquiries are moft fuccefsful when they difcover nothing : His Pleasure arifes ...
... Thoughts hang at beft in a State of Doubtfulness and Uncertainty ; and are never capable of receiving any Satisfaction on the advantageous Side ; fo that his Inquiries are moft fuccefsful when they difcover nothing : His Pleasure arifes ...
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... thought of , and fills her Imagi- nation with fuch an unlucky Idea , as in time grows fami- liar , excites Defire , and lofes all the Shame and Horror which might at firft attend it . Nor is it a Wonder if the who fuffers wrongfully in ...
... thought of , and fills her Imagi- nation with fuch an unlucky Idea , as in time grows fami- liar , excites Defire , and lofes all the Shame and Horror which might at firft attend it . Nor is it a Wonder if the who fuffers wrongfully in ...
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... Thoughts upon their Wives . A Second Sort of Men , who are moft liable to this Paf- fion , are thofe of cunning ... Thought . They put a Conftruction on a Look , and find out a Defign in a Smile ; they give new Senfes and Significations ...
... Thoughts upon their Wives . A Second Sort of Men , who are moft liable to this Paf- fion , are thofe of cunning ... Thought . They put a Conftruction on a Look , and find out a Defign in a Smile ; they give new Senfes and Significations ...
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... Thoughts were fo wholly taken up with the Cruelty of his Orders , that she could not confider the Kindness that produced them , and therefore reprefented him in her Imagination , rather under the frightful Idea of a Murderer than a ...
... Thoughts were fo wholly taken up with the Cruelty of his Orders , that she could not confider the Kindness that produced them , and therefore reprefented him in her Imagination , rather under the frightful Idea of a Murderer than a ...
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... her , had not his Thoughts been feasonably called off from fo fad an Object by Pub- lick Storms , which at that Time very nearly threatned him . L Monday , N ° 172. Monday , September 17 . Non folùm N ° 171 . I ' The SPECTATOR .
... her , had not his Thoughts been feasonably called off from fo fad an Object by Pub- lick Storms , which at that Time very nearly threatned him . L Monday , N ° 172. Monday , September 17 . Non folùm N ° 171 . I ' The SPECTATOR .
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