The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... character , is that which hinders me from enlarging on those extraordinary talents , which have given you fo great a figure in the British senate , as well as in that ele- gance and politenefs which appear in your more re- tired ...
... character , is that which hinders me from enlarging on those extraordinary talents , which have given you fo great a figure in the British senate , as well as in that ele- gance and politenefs which appear in your more re- tired ...
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... character rise uppermost in the jealous hufband's memory , and up . braid him with the ill ufage of fo divine a creature as was once in his poffeffion ; whilft all the little imper- fections , that were before fo uneafy to him , wear ...
... character rise uppermost in the jealous hufband's memory , and up . braid him with the ill ufage of fo divine a creature as was once in his poffeffion ; whilft all the little imper- fections , that were before fo uneafy to him , wear ...
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... character ; and is fecretly pleafed or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another ftirs up his Jealoufy , as it fhews you have a value for others befides himself ; but the commenda ...
... character ; and is fecretly pleafed or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another ftirs up his Jealoufy , as it fhews you have a value for others befides himself ; but the commenda ...
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... character , you difcover not only your diflike of another , but of himself . In fhort , he is fo defirous of ingroffing all your love , that he is grieved at the want of any charm , which he believes has power to raife it ; and if he ...
... character , you difcover not only your diflike of another , but of himself . In fhort , he is fo defirous of ingroffing all your love , that he is grieved at the want of any charm , which he believes has power to raife it ; and if he ...
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... character be ? and how honour- 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 ...
... character be ? and how honour- 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 ...
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