The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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The confideration of this part of your character , is that which hinders me from enlarging on those extraordinary talents , which have given you so great a figure in the British senate , as well as in that elegance and politeness which ...
The confideration of this part of your character , is that which hinders me from enlarging on those extraordinary talents , which have given you so great a figure in the British senate , as well as in that elegance and politeness which ...
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Then it is that their love breaks out furiously , and throws off all the mixtures of fufpicion which choked and sinoihered it before , The beautiful parts of the character rise uppermost in the jealous husband's memory , and upbraid hin ...
Then it is that their love breaks out furiously , and throws off all the mixtures of fufpicion which choked and sinoihered it before , The beautiful parts of the character rise uppermost in the jealous husband's memory , and upbraid hin ...
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He does not trouble himself to consider the person , but to direct the character ; and is secretly pleased or confounded as he finds more or less - of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his Jealousy ...
He does not trouble himself to consider the person , but to direct the character ; and is secretly pleased or confounded as he finds more or less - of himself in it . The commendation of any thing in another stirs up his Jealousy ...
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... And melt my very soul away . you dislike The Jealous Man is not indeed angry if another : but if you find thole faulis which are to be jound in his own character , you discover not only your diflike of another , but of himself .
... And melt my very soul away . you dislike The Jealous Man is not indeed angry if another : but if you find thole faulis which are to be jound in his own character , you discover not only your diflike of another , but of himself .
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If a lawyer were to be esteemed only as he uses his parts in contending for justice , and were immediately despicable when he appeared in a cause which he could not but know was an unjust one , how honourable would his character be ...
If a lawyer were to be esteemed only as he uses his parts in contending for justice , and were immediately despicable when he appeared in a cause which he could not but know was an unjust one , how honourable would his character be ...
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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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