The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... able to have raised you this general approbation , had they not been accompa- nied with that moderation in an high fortune , and that affability of manners , which are fo confpicu- ous through all parts of your life . Your averfion ...
... able to have raised you this general approbation , had they not been accompa- nied with that moderation in an high fortune , and that affability of manners , which are fo confpicu- ous through all parts of your life . Your averfion ...
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... able to give any fatisfaction , where we are not perfuaded that the affection is real and the fatisfaction mutual . For the jealous man wishes him- felf a kind of deity to the perfon he loves . He would be the only pleasure of her ...
... able to give any fatisfaction , where we are not perfuaded that the affection is real and the fatisfaction mutual . For the jealous man wishes him- felf a kind of deity to the perfon he loves . He would be the only pleasure of her ...
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... able to excite fo much uneafinefs . Ardeat ipfa licet , tormentis gaudet amantis . Juv . Sat. vi . 208 . " Tho ' equal pains her peace of mind destroy , " A lover's torments give her fpiteful joy . " But thefe often carry the humour fo ...
... able to excite fo much uneafinefs . Ardeat ipfa licet , tormentis gaudet amantis . Juv . Sat. vi . 208 . " Tho ' equal pains her peace of mind destroy , " A lover's torments give her fpiteful joy . " But thefe often carry the humour fo ...
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... able to raise in a warm and amorous difpofition . In the midft of this his fondness for Mariamne , he put her brother to death , as he did her father not many years after . The barbarity of the ac- tion was reprefented to Mark Antony ...
... able to raise in a warm and amorous difpofition . In the midft of this his fondness for Mariamne , he put her brother to death , as he did her father not many years after . The barbarity of the ac- tion was reprefented to Mark Antony ...
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... able is it in fuch among us , who follow the profeffion no otherwife , than as labouring to protect the injured , to fubdue the oppreffor , to imprifon the careleis debtor , and do right to the painful artificer ? But many of this ...
... able is it in fuch among us , who follow the profeffion no otherwife , than as labouring to protect the injured , to fubdue the oppreffor , to imprifon the careleis debtor , and do right to the painful artificer ? But many of this ...
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