The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... should , if poffible , escape her obfervation ; but jealoufy calls upon her particularly for its cure , and deferves all her art and application in the attempt . Befides , fhe has this for her encouragement , that her endeavours will be ...
... should , if poffible , escape her obfervation ; but jealoufy calls upon her particularly for its cure , and deferves all her art and application in the attempt . Befides , fhe has this for her encouragement , that her endeavours will be ...
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... should be held honourable to thofe who are endowed with them without any regard how they are applied . The gifts of nature and accomplishments of art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the interefts of virtue , or governed by the ...
... should be held honourable to thofe who are endowed with them without any regard how they are applied . The gifts of nature and accomplishments of art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the interefts of virtue , or governed by the ...
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... should comfort a glorious spirit that it is the highest ftep to which hu- man nature can arrive . Triumph , applaufe , accla mation , are dear to the mind of man ; but it is fill a more exquifite delight to fay to yourself , you have ...
... should comfort a glorious spirit that it is the highest ftep to which hu- man nature can arrive . Triumph , applaufe , accla mation , are dear to the mind of man ; but it is fill a more exquifite delight to fay to yourself , you have ...
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... should keep running affes at Colefhill , or how making mouths turns to account in Warwickshire , more than in any other parts of England , I cannot compre- hend . I have looked over all the Olympic Games , and do not find any thing in ...
... should keep running affes at Colefhill , or how making mouths turns to account in Warwickshire , more than in any other parts of England , I cannot compre- hend . I have looked over all the Olympic Games , and do not find any thing in ...
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... should be no offence to offer one not quite fo old in their defence . When a man happens to break in Holland , they fay of him that " he has not kept true accounts . " This phrafe , perhaps among us , would appear a foft or humourous ...
... should be no offence to offer one not quite fo old in their defence . When a man happens to break in Holland , they fay of him that " he has not kept true accounts . " This phrafe , perhaps among us , would appear a foft or humourous ...
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