The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 65
Page 1
... pleasure , that were there no positive command which enjoined it , nor any recom- pense laid up for it hereafter , a generous mind would indulge in it for the natural gratification that accom- panies it . If gratitude is due from man to ...
... pleasure , that were there no positive command which enjoined it , nor any recom- pense laid up for it hereafter , a generous mind would indulge in it for the natural gratification that accom- panies it . If gratitude is due from man to ...
Page 5
... pleasure to know a little of the world , and be of no character or significancy in it . To be ever unconcerned , and ever looking on new objects with an endless curiosity , is a delight known only to those who are turned for speculation ...
... pleasure to know a little of the world , and be of no character or significancy in it . To be ever unconcerned , and ever looking on new objects with an endless curiosity , is a delight known only to those who are turned for speculation ...
Page 6
... pleasure I know I receive at my eyes , and that I am obliged to an agree- able person for coming abroad into my view , as ano- ther is for a visit of conversation at their own houses . The hours of the day and night are taken up in the ...
... pleasure I know I receive at my eyes , and that I am obliged to an agree- able person for coming abroad into my view , as ano- ther is for a visit of conversation at their own houses . The hours of the day and night are taken up in the ...
Page 11
... pleasure , property lodged in , and transferred in a moment from such as would never be masters of half as much as is seem- ingly in them , and given from them every day they live . But before five in the afternoon I left the city ...
... pleasure , property lodged in , and transferred in a moment from such as would never be masters of half as much as is seem- ingly in them , and given from them every day they live . But before five in the afternoon I left the city ...
Page 15
... pleasure to me ; if you will but put me in a way that I may bear it with indiffer- I shall rest satisfied . Dear Spec , ence , " Your very humble servant . « P. S. I must do the poor girl the No. 455 . 15 THE SPECTATOR .
... pleasure to me ; if you will but put me in a way that I may bear it with indiffer- I shall rest satisfied . Dear Spec , ence , " Your very humble servant . « P. S. I must do the poor girl the No. 455 . 15 THE SPECTATOR .
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ADDISON admiration agreeable appear Bacchius beauty body cities of London consider countenance Covent Garden creatures daugh dear delight desire discourse divine dreams dress Duke of Burgundy Eastcourt entertained excellent eyes faith folly fortune garden gentleman give gout grace greatest hand happy head hear heard heart honor hope humble servant humor husband imagination kind lady learning letter live look Manilius mankind manner marriage married matter merit mind modesty Mohair nature nerally never obliged observed occasion paper particular passion person Pharamond Pindar pleased pleasure Plutarch poor present proveditor racter reason Rechteren religion Rhynsault riches Samson Agonistes seems sense SEPTEMBER 18 sight sorrow soul SPECTATOR STEELE tell thing thou thought tion told town Tunbridge VIII VIRG Virgil virtue whilst whole wife woman women words write young