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I MAY poffibly disappoint my readers , and yourself too , if I do not endeavour on
this occasion to make the world acquainted with your virtues . And here , Sir , I
shall not coin- > pliment you upon your birth , person , or for-tune ; nor any other
the ...
I MAY poffibly disappoint my readers , and yourself too , if I do not endeavour on
this occasion to make the world acquainted with your virtues . And here , Sir , I
shall not coin- > pliment you upon your birth , person , or for-tune ; nor any other
the ...
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Besides , the unusual extension of my muscles on this occasion , made my face
ache on both fides , to such a degree , that nothing but an invincible resolution
and perfeverance could have prevented me from falling back to my monofyllables
.
Besides , the unusual extension of my muscles on this occasion , made my face
ache on both fides , to such a degree , that nothing but an invincible resolution
and perfeverance could have prevented me from falling back to my monofyllables
.
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76 There were , however , several persons who gave me great diversion upon
this occasion . I observed one bringing in a fardel very carefully concealed under
an old embroidered cloak , which , upon his throwing it into the beap , I
discovered ...
76 There were , however , several persons who gave me great diversion upon
this occasion . I observed one bringing in a fardel very carefully concealed under
an old embroidered cloak , which , upon his throwing it into the beap , I
discovered ...
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Some observations , which I made upon the occasion , I shall communicate to the
public . A venerable grey - headed man , who had laid down the colic , and who ,
I found , wanted an heir to his estate , snatched up an undutiful son , that had ...
Some observations , which I made upon the occasion , I shall communicate to the
public . A venerable grey - headed man , who had laid down the colic , and who ,
I found , wanted an heir to his estate , snatched up an undutiful son , that had ...
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reputation : but , on all these occasions , there was not one of them who did not
think the new blemish , as soon as she had got it into her possession , much
more disagreeable than the old one . I made the fame observation on every other
...
reputation : but , on all these occasions , there was not one of them who did not
think the new blemish , as soon as she had got it into her possession , much
more disagreeable than the old one . I made the fame observation on every other
...
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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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