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This easiness and credulity destroy all the other merit he has ; and he has all his life been a facrifice to others , without ever receiving thanks , or doing one good action . I will end this discourse with a speech which I heard Jack ...
This easiness and credulity destroy all the other merit he has ; and he has all his life been a facrifice to others , without ever receiving thanks , or doing one good action . I will end this discourse with a speech which I heard Jack ...
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Upon such notice , • unobserved by others , ( for their entire intimacy was « always a secret ) Eucrate repaired to his own apartment to receive the king . There was a secret access part of the court , at which Eucrate used to ad6 mit ...
Upon such notice , • unobserved by others , ( for their entire intimacy was « always a secret ) Eucrate repaired to his own apartment to receive the king . There was a secret access part of the court , at which Eucrate used to ad6 mit ...
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I might likewise mention a paper - kite , from which I have received great improvement ; and a hatcase , which I would not exchange for all the beavers in Great - Britain . This my inquisitive temper , or rather impertinent humour of ...
I might likewise mention a paper - kite , from which I have received great improvement ; and a hatcase , which I would not exchange for all the beavers in Great - Britain . This my inquisitive temper , or rather impertinent humour of ...
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... coquetries could have the ill consequence as I find they have by the following letters of my correspondents , where it seems beauty is thrown into the accompt , in matters of fale , to those who receive no favour from the charmers .
... coquetries could have the ill consequence as I find they have by the following letters of my correspondents , where it seems beauty is thrown into the accompt , in matters of fale , to those who receive no favour from the charmers .
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These Idols fit and receive all day long the adoration of the youth within • such and such districts : I know in particular , goods are not entered as they ought to be at the custom - house , nor law - reports perused at the temple ...
These Idols fit and receive all day long the adoration of the youth within • such and such districts : I know in particular , goods are not entered as they ought to be at the custom - house , nor law - reports perused at the temple ...
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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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