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The cenforious say , That the men whose hearts are aimed at , are very often the occasions that one part of the face is thus dishououred , and lies under a kind of disgrace , while the other is so much fet off and adorned by the owner ...
The cenforious say , That the men whose hearts are aimed at , are very often the occasions that one part of the face is thus dishououred , and lies under a kind of disgrace , while the other is so much fet off and adorned by the owner ...
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how they should behave themselves in the publick cause , - he turns to the female part of his audience ; And ás you ( says he ) I shall advise you in very few words : Aspire only to those virtues that are peculiar to your • fex ; follow ...
how they should behave themselves in the publick cause , - he turns to the female part of his audience ; And ás you ( says he ) I shall advise you in very few words : Aspire only to those virtues that are peculiar to your • fex ; follow ...
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When I walk the street , and observe the hurry about : ne in this town , Where with like base , tho * diff'rent ways they run ; Some to undo , and some to be undone ; I say , when I behold this vaft variety of persons and bumours ...
When I walk the street , and observe the hurry about : ne in this town , Where with like base , tho * diff'rent ways they run ; Some to undo , and some to be undone ; I say , when I behold this vaft variety of persons and bumours ...
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... or some man of sense comes into it , and scorns to have an estate in partnership ,, that is to say , liable to the demand or insult of any man living , There is my friend Sir ANDREW , tho * for many years a great and general trader ...
... or some man of sense comes into it , and scorns to have an estate in partnership ,, that is to say , liable to the demand or insult of any man living , There is my friend Sir ANDREW , tho * for many years a great and general trader ...
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In kort , the most elaborate of his pieces was at best but a terrifying dream ; and one could say nothing more of his finest figures , than : that they were agreeable monsters . The fourth person I examined was very remarkable for his ...
In kort , the most elaborate of his pieces was at best but a terrifying dream ; and one could say nothing more of his finest figures , than : that they were agreeable monsters . The fourth person I examined was very remarkable for his ...
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| Title | The Spectator .. Volume 2 of The Spectator |
| Publisher | Peter Wilson, 1755 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2020 |
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