The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... nature : I cannot , however , conclude it without acknowledging those great obli- gations which you have laid upon , SIR , Your most obedient , humble fervant , THE SPECTATOR . THE THE SPECT A T O R. N ° 170 Friday ii DEDICATION .
... nature : I cannot , however , conclude it without acknowledging those great obli- gations which you have laid upon , SIR , Your most obedient , humble fervant , THE SPECTATOR . THE THE SPECT A T O R. N ° 170 Friday ii DEDICATION .
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... nature , that it fcorns to take up with any thing less than an equal return of love , Not the warmest expreffions of ... natural . Cum milite ifto præfens , abfens ut fies : Dies noctefque me ames : me defideres : Me fomnies me expectes ...
... nature , that it fcorns to take up with any thing less than an equal return of love , Not the warmest expreffions of ... natural . Cum milite ifto præfens , abfens ut fies : Dies noctefque me ames : me defideres : Me fomnies me expectes ...
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... nature and accomplishments of art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the interefts of virtue , or governed by the rules of honour . We ought to abftract our minds from the obfervation of an excellence in thofe we con- verfe with ...
... nature and accomplishments of art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the interefts of virtue , or governed by the rules of honour . We ought to abftract our minds from the obfervation of an excellence in thofe we con- verfe with ...
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... nature fhould abate in proportion . But however juft it is to measure the value of men by the application of their talents , and not by the eminence of thofe qualities abftracted from their ufe ; I fay , however juft fuch a way of ...
... nature fhould abate in proportion . But however juft it is to measure the value of men by the application of their talents , and not by the eminence of thofe qualities abftracted from their ufe ; I fay , however juft fuch a way of ...
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... nature and envy , by comparing their own ftate of life to that of another , and grudging the approach of their neighbour to their own happiness ; and on the other fide , he , who is the lefs at his eafe , repines at the other , who he ...
... nature and envy , by comparing their own ftate of life to that of another , and grudging the approach of their neighbour to their own happiness ; and on the other fide , he , who is the lefs at his eafe , repines at the other , who he ...
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