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... is usually mentioned as one of the strongest motives to affection and esteem ; but the paffionate veneration I have for your Lordship , I think , flows from an admiration of qualities in You , of which , in the whole course of VOL .
... is usually mentioned as one of the strongest motives to affection and esteem ; but the paffionate veneration I have for your Lordship , I think , flows from an admiration of qualities in You , of which , in the whole course of VOL .
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What an happy conjunction of different talents meets in him whose whole discourse is at once animated by the strength and force of reason , and adorned with all the grace and embellishments of wit : When learning irradiates - common ...
What an happy conjunction of different talents meets in him whose whole discourse is at once animated by the strength and force of reason , and adorned with all the grace and embellishments of wit : When learning irradiates - common ...
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... after lying a whole night in cuftody at his fuit . : SIR , Y . OUR ingratitude for the many kindnesses : I : * for the good you have done me , in letting me fee there is such a man as you in the world . I am obliged to you for the ...
... after lying a whole night in cuftody at his fuit . : SIR , Y . OUR ingratitude for the many kindnesses : I : * for the good you have done me , in letting me fee there is such a man as you in the world . I am obliged to you for the ...
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My principal entertainments of this nature are pictures , infomuch that when I have found the weather set in to be very bad , I have taken a whole day's journey to see a gallery that is furnished by the hands of great masters .
My principal entertainments of this nature are pictures , infomuch that when I have found the weather set in to be very bad , I have taken a whole day's journey to see a gallery that is furnished by the hands of great masters .
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... use of it through chance or waggery , for the defence of that superstitious viande , I know not ; but upon the - perusal of it , I conceived so good an idea of the the author's piety , that I bought the whole book 22 THE SPECTATOR .
... use of it through chance or waggery , for the defence of that superstitious viande , I know not ; but upon the - perusal of it , I conceived so good an idea of the the author's piety , that I bought the whole book 22 THE SPECTATOR .
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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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