The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 3,418 pages of information about The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 3,418 pages of information about The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

    She is sensible, that a vain Person is the most insufferable
    Creature living in a well-bred Assembly.

That she desired, before she appeared in publick again, she might have Assurances, that tho’ she might be thought handsome, there might not more Address or Compliment be paid to her, than to the rest of the Company.

    That she conceived it a kind of Superiority, that one Person should
    take upon him to commend another.

    Lastly, That she went into the Infirmary, to avoid a particular
    Person who took upon him to profess an Admiration of her.

She therefore prayed, that to applaud out of due place, might be declar’d an Offence, and punished in the same Manner with Detraction, in that the latter did but report Persons defective, and the former made them so.

    All which is submitted, &c.

There appeared a Delicacy and Sincerity in this Memorial very uncommon, but my Friend informs me, that the Allegations of it were groundless, insomuch that this Declaration of an Aversion to being praised, was understood to be no other than a secret Trap to purchase it, for which Reason it lies still on the Table unanswered.

    The humble Memorial of the Lady Lydia Loller, Sheweth,

    That the Lady Lydia is a Woman of Quality; married to a private
    Gentleman.

    That she finds her self neither well nor ill.

    That her Husband is a Clown.

    That Lady Lydia cannot see Company.  That she desires the Infirmary
    may be her Apartment during her stay in the Country.

    That they would please to make merry with their Equals.

    That Mr. Loller might stay with them if he thought fit.

  It was immediately resolved, that Lady Lydia was still at London.

    The humble Memorial of Thomas Sudden, Esq., of the Inner-Temple,
    Sheweth,

    That Mr. Sudden is conscious that he is too much given to
    Argumentation.

    That he talks loud.

    That he is apt to think all things matter of Debate.

    That he stayed behind in Westminster-Hall, when the late Shake of
    the Roof happened, only because a Council of the other Side asserted
    it was coming down.

    That he cannot for his Life consent to any thing.

    That he stays in the Infirmary to forget himself.

    That as soon as he has forgot himself, he will wait on the Company.

  His Indisposition was allowed to be sufficient to require a Cessation
  from Company.

    The Memorial of Frank Jolly, Sheweth,

    That he hath put himself into the Infirmary, in regard he is
    sensible of a certain rustick Mirth which renders him unfit for
    polite Conversation.

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