The Spectator, Volum 8William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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Pàgina 20
... riches are the instruments of serving the purpo- ses of heaven or hell , according to the disposition of the possessor . The wealthy can torment or gratify all who are in their power , and choose to do one or other as they are affected ...
... riches are the instruments of serving the purpo- ses of heaven or hell , according to the disposition of the possessor . The wealthy can torment or gratify all who are in their power , and choose to do one or other as they are affected ...
Pàgina 21
... riches , as well as a destructive one in poverty : the rich can make rich without parting with any of their store , and the conversation of the poor makes men poor , though they borrow nothing of them . How this is to be accounted for I ...
... riches , as well as a destructive one in poverty : the rich can make rich without parting with any of their store , and the conversation of the poor makes men poor , though they borrow nothing of them . How this is to be accounted for I ...
Pàgina 37
... riches that gaiety could contrive to lavish on it ; and between the gilded arms sat Vanity , decked in the peacock's feathers , and acknowledged for another Venus by her votaries . The boy who stood beside her for a Cupid , and who made ...
... riches that gaiety could contrive to lavish on it ; and between the gilded arms sat Vanity , decked in the peacock's feathers , and acknowledged for another Venus by her votaries . The boy who stood beside her for a Cupid , and who made ...
Pàgina 39
... riches its expenses . We have seen such scenes as these before now ; the glory you saw will all return when the hurry is over . I thanked him for his information ; and believing him so incorrigible as that he would stay till it was his ...
... riches its expenses . We have seen such scenes as these before now ; the glory you saw will all return when the hurry is over . I thanked him for his information ; and believing him so incorrigible as that he would stay till it was his ...
Pàgina 52
... riches in another ; upon which the latter , to show its comparative lightness , immediately flew up , and kicked the beam . But , before I proceed , I must inform my reader , that these weights do not exert their natural gravity till ...
... riches in another ; upon which the latter , to show its comparative lightness , immediately flew up , and kicked the beam . But , before I proceed , I must inform my reader , that these weights do not exert their natural gravity till ...
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