The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Our own nation is very temperately fituated in this respect ; and if we meet with some few disordered with the violence of this passion , they are not the proper growth of our country , but are many degrees nearer the sun in their ...
Our own nation is very temperately fituated in this respect ; and if we meet with some few disordered with the violence of this passion , they are not the proper growth of our country , but are many degrees nearer the sun in their ...
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... another stirs up his Jealousy , as it shews you have a value for others besides himself ; but the commendation of that , which he himself wants , inflames him more , as it shews that in some respects you prefer others before him .
... another stirs up his Jealousy , as it shews you have a value for others besides himself ; but the commendation of that , which he himself wants , inflames him more , as it shews that in some respects you prefer others before him .
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This : is to change sides for a while with the jealous man , and to turn his own pafion upon himself ; to take some occafon of growing jealous of him , and to follow the example he himself hath set you . This counterfeited . jealousy ...
This : is to change sides for a while with the jealous man , and to turn his own pafion upon himself ; to take some occafon of growing jealous of him , and to follow the example he himself hath set you . This counterfeited . jealousy ...
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I had some small success while we were eating cheese' cakes ; but coming home , he renewed his attacks with • his former good - fortune , and equal diversion to the whole company . In short , Sir , I mult ingenuously own that I was ...
I had some small success while we were eating cheese' cakes ; but coming home , he renewed his attacks with • his former good - fortune , and equal diversion to the whole company . In short , Sir , I mult ingenuously own that I was ...
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I have been thinking whether it might not be highly • convenient , that all Butts should wear an inscrip• tion affixed to some part of their bodies , shewing on which fide they are to be come at , and that if any of • them are perfons ...
I have been thinking whether it might not be highly • convenient , that all Butts should wear an inscrip• tion affixed to some part of their bodies , shewing on which fide they are to be come at , and that if any of • them are perfons ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 3 The Spectator |
| Publisher | Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 |
| Original from | Ghent University |
| Digitized | 29 Jun 2009 |
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