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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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... that he is a friend to no interests but those of truth and virtue , nor a foe to any
but those of vice and folly . Though I make more noise in the world than I used to
do , I am still resolved to act in it as an indifferent Spectator . It is not my ambition
...
... that he is a friend to no interests but those of truth and virtue , nor a foe to any
but those of vice and folly . Though I make more noise in the world than I used to
do , I am still resolved to act in it as an indifferent Spectator . It is not my ambition
...
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The most likely method of rectifying any man's conduct , is by recommend . ing to
him the principles of truth and honour , reli : gion and virtue ; and so long as he
acts with an eye to these principles , whatever party he is of , he can . not fail of ...
The most likely method of rectifying any man's conduct , is by recommend . ing to
him the principles of truth and honour , reli : gion and virtue ; and so long as he
acts with an eye to these principles , whatever party he is of , he can . not fail of ...
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8 When such an inflexible integrity is a little soften . ed and qualified by the rules
of conversation and good - breeding , there is not a more shining virtue in the
whole catalogue of social duties . A man , however , ought to take great care not
to ...
8 When such an inflexible integrity is a little soften . ed and qualified by the rules
of conversation and good - breeding , there is not a more shining virtue in the
whole catalogue of social duties . A man , however , ought to take great care not
to ...
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ܨܐܝ or 2S out of his veracity , nor to refine his behaviour to the prejudice of his
virtue . This subject is exquisitely created in the most ele . gant fermon of the
great British preacher . I thall beg leave to transcribe out of it two or three
fentences ...
ܨܐܝ or 2S out of his veracity , nor to refine his behaviour to the prejudice of his
virtue . This subject is exquisitely created in the most ele . gant fermon of the
great British preacher . I thall beg leave to transcribe out of it two or three
fentences ...
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| 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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