 I am more pleased with, than those who show human nature in a variety of views, and describe the several ages of the world in their different manners. A reader cannot be more rationally entertained than by comparing the virtues and vices of his own times...  The British Essayists: Spectator - Página 65editado por - 1823Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1794 - 450 páginas
...will smart her, And whoe'er takes it, takes a tartar." Vo. - 209. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, UtfONIDKI. u Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife; " A bad, the bitterest curse of human life." VARIOUS CHARACTERS OF WOMEN, FROM S1MONIDES. THERE are no authors I am mor* pleased with, than those... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 340 páginas
...T. N°20£>. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1711. ait XS'V"'' ""S *'"fI'°" aiwnm, wit pTAov xaxsf. SIMONIDES. Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife ; A bad,...of the world in their different manners. A reader rannot be more rationally entertained, than by comparing the virtues and vices of his own times with... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 páginas
...bittereu сигъе of human life. THERE are no authors I am more pleated will, than those who show human nature in a variety of views, and describe the...be more rationally entertained, than by comparing lie virtues and vices of his own times with those ohirh prevailed in the times of his forefathers;... | |
 | 1822 - 788 páginas
...the bitterest curie of human life. THERE are no authors I am more pleased witV than thuse who show human nature in a variety of views, and describe the several ages of the world in thexr different manners. A reader cannot be more rationally entertained, than by comparing th= virtues... | |
 | Gamaliel Bradford - 1822 - 146 páginas
...importance, in selecting a companion, to make a prudent choice. I remembered that "Of earthly things the best is a good wife— " A bad, the bitterest curse of human life ;" and as I knew there were some unhappy marriages in the world, I was disposed to impute them to a... | |
 | 1823 - 536 páginas
...supported by that virtue by which it had been formed. SIMONIDES'S SATIRE ON WOMEN. (From the Spectator.} Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife ; A bad,...are no authors I am more pleased with than those who show human nature in a variety of views, and describe the several ages of the world in their different... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 páginas
...aftliyov, ovSi fiytov KICK*;. Of earthly goods, the best is a good A bad, the bitterest curse of human THERE are no authors I am more pleased with, than those who show human nature in a variety of views, and describe the several ages of the world in their different... | |
 | 1824 - 292 páginas
...smart her, And whoe'er takes it, takes a Tartar.' T. No. 209. TUESDAY, OCT. 30. By Ad&ison. SIMOSIDES. Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife; A bad,...are no authors I am more pleased with than those who show human nature in a variety of views, and describe the several ages of the 238 THE SPECTATOR. No.... | |
 | Benjamin F. Powell - 1831 - 276 páginas
..." Because," said he, " the longer I meditate on the question, the more obscure it appears to me." " Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife, — A bad, the bitterest curse of human life.'' STILPO. 1. The highest felicity, or chief good, consists in freeing our minds from the dominion of... | |
 | Benjamin F. Powell - 1831 - 274 páginas
...Because," said he, " the longer I meditate on the question, the more obscure it ^appears to me." " Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife,— A bad, the bitterest curse of human life." , * STILPO. 1-. The highest felicity, or chief good, consists in freeing our minds from the dominion... | |
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