The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 9
... seem to diflike in another what the Jealous Man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in which he himself does not excel . A jealous man is very quick in his applications , he knows how to find a double edge in an invective ...
... seem to diflike in another what the Jealous Man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in which he himself does not excel . A jealous man is very quick in his applications , he knows how to find a double edge in an invective ...
Page 47
... seems an entertainment very particularly adapt- ed to the Bath , at it is ufual for a rider to whistle to • his horse when he would make his waters pass .. I am , Sir , & c . ' * In 1707 . † See SPECT . N ° 173 • POST- < POSTSCRIPT ...
... seems an entertainment very particularly adapt- ed to the Bath , at it is ufual for a rider to whistle to • his horse when he would make his waters pass .. I am , Sir , & c . ' * In 1707 . † See SPECT . N ° 173 • POST- < POSTSCRIPT ...
Page 67
... seems a very natural picture of the ' life of many an honeft English gentleman , whofe * Nicholas Hart was born at Leyden , Aug. 5 , 1689. King William was two years under the tuition of his father , John Hart , who was a man of ...
... seems a very natural picture of the ' life of many an honeft English gentleman , whofe * Nicholas Hart was born at Leyden , Aug. 5 , 1689. King William was two years under the tuition of his father , John Hart , who was a man of ...
Page 86
... seems very much con- cerned left that Paper fhould feem to give encouragement to the difobedience of children towards their parents ; but if the writer of it will take the pains to read it over again attentively , I dare fay his ...
... seems very much con- cerned left that Paper fhould feem to give encouragement to the difobedience of children towards their parents ; but if the writer of it will take the pains to read it over again attentively , I dare fay his ...
Page 102
... seems to be a fneer on two great heads of the Tory miniftry , whole levées about this time were exceed- ingly crowded : viz . Robert Harley , who was then newly made Earl of Oxford and Lord High Treasurer ; and the Duke of Or- mond ...
... seems to be a fneer on two great heads of the Tory miniftry , whole levées about this time were exceed- ingly crowded : viz . Robert Harley , who was then newly made Earl of Oxford and Lord High Treasurer ; and the Duke of Or- mond ...
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