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... I mean , in that generous disregard of · popular opinion which you shewed
fome years your wife an obscure young woman , who doth not indeed pretend . to
an ancient family , but has certainly as many forefathers as any lady in the land , if
...
... I mean , in that generous disregard of · popular opinion which you shewed
fome years your wife an obscure young woman , who doth not indeed pretend . to
an ancient family , but has certainly as many forefathers as any lady in the land , if
...
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They call thee and thy subjects barbarians , • because we speak what we mean ;
and account themselves a civilized people , because they speak one thing and
mean another : truth they call tar• bariry , and falsehood politeness . Upon my first
...
They call thee and thy subjects barbarians , • because we speak what we mean ;
and account themselves a civilized people , because they speak one thing and
mean another : truth they call tar• bariry , and falsehood politeness . Upon my first
...
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... his re• putation , person , fortune , and good humour ; and • if they find him
qualified for a fister of the club , ? they lay their heads together how to make him
fure . • By By this means they are acquainted with all the widow 32 TIE
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... his re• putation , person , fortune , and good humour ; and • if they find him
qualified for a fister of the club , ? they lay their heads together how to make him
fure . • By By this means they are acquainted with all the widow 32 TIE
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By this means they are acquainted with all the widow - hunters about town , who
often afford them great diversion . There is an honest Iri / h gentleman , it seems ,
who knows nothing of this society , but at different times has made love to the ...
By this means they are acquainted with all the widow - hunters about town , who
often afford them great diversion . There is an honest Iri / h gentleman , it seems ,
who knows nothing of this society , but at different times has made love to the ...
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tists , for whom I have always had a mortal aversion , I mean the authors of
memoirs , who are never mentioned in any works but their own , and who raise
all their productions out of this single figure of speech . Most of our modern
prefaces ...
tists , for whom I have always had a mortal aversion , I mean the authors of
memoirs , who are never mentioned in any works but their own , and who raise
all their productions out of this single figure of speech . Most of our modern
prefaces ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Spectator, Volume 8 The Spectator, Joseph Addison |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Published | 1776 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 12 Aug 2013 |
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