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" Now the best way in the world for a man to seem to be any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it... "
The Spectator - Página 87
1739 - 313 páginas
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The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series ...

William Godwin - 1797 - 508 páginas
...he would feem to be. Belides, that it is * many times as troublefome, to * make good the pretences of a good quality, * as to have it ; and if a man...his pains and labour to feem to have it * is loft." Sprat is perhaps the firft author who wrote Englifh profe with a ftyle of neatnefs. Dr. Johnfon is...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose ..., Volumen1

1797 - 680 páginas
...Befides, that it is many times as troublefome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to bave it; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but...all his pains and labour to feem to have it is loft. There is fomething unnatural in painting, which a fkilfuleye will cafily difcern from native beauty...
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The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected ..., Volumen2

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 páginas
...be any thine, is really to be what he would feem to be. Befides that it is many times as troublefome to make good the pretence of a good quality as to...his pains and labour to feem to have it, is loft. There is fomethinp unnatural in painting, which a fkilful eye will eafily difcem from native beauty...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 páginas
...any thing, is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to...and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it ; and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it, are lost.' In another...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 páginas
...any thing, is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to...and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it ; and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it, are lost.' In another...
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The Spectator; in Miniature: Being a Collection of the Principal ..., Volumen1

1808 - 306 páginas
...really to he what he would seem to he. Besides, that it is many times as trouhlesome to make good tha pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one hut he is discovered to want it ; and then all his pains and lahour to seem to have it, is lost." In...
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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1808 - 434 páginas
...any thing is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, it is often as troublesome to support the pretence of a good quality as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is most likely he wirl be discovered to want it, and then all his labour to seem to have it is lost. There...
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The Spectator, Volumen6

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 384 páginas
...any thing, is really to be what he would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to...and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it is lost. There is something...
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The Spectator [by J. Addison and others]; with notes, and a general index

Spectator The - 1811 - 802 páginas
...really to be what he would seem to be. Besides that it is many limes as troublesome to make good ihr pretence of a good quality, as to have it; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he : discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seetu to have it, is lost. There it something...
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Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most ..., Volumen2

Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 páginas
...any thing, is really to be what we would seem to be. Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to...and if a man have it not, it is ten to one but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it are lost. There is something...
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