The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... observe from the behaviour of fome of the most zealous for or- thodoxy , who have often great friendships and intima- cies with vicious immoral men , provided they do but agree with them in the fame fcheme of belief . The reafon is ...
... observe from the behaviour of fome of the most zealous for or- thodoxy , who have often great friendships and intima- cies with vicious immoral men , provided they do but agree with them in the fame fcheme of belief . The reafon is ...
Page 110
... that uninterrupted temperance which he always obferved . * DIOGENES LAERTIUS in Vit . Socratis.ELIAN in Var . Hift . Lib . 13. cap . 27 , & c . And And here I cannot but mention an observation which I THE SPECTATOR . N ° 195.
... that uninterrupted temperance which he always obferved . * DIOGENES LAERTIUS in Vit . Socratis.ELIAN in Var . Hift . Lib . 13. cap . 27 , & c . And And here I cannot but mention an observation which I THE SPECTATOR . N ° 195.
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And here I cannot but mention an observation which I have often made , upon reading the lives of the philo- fophers , and comparing them with any feries of kings or great men of the fame number . If we confider thefe ancient fages , a ...
And here I cannot but mention an observation which I have often made , upon reading the lives of the philo- fophers , and comparing them with any feries of kings or great men of the fame number . If we confider thefe ancient fages , a ...
Page 147
... observe your eye wander after new conquefts every moment you are in a public place ; and yet there is fuch a beauty in all your looks and geftures , that I cannot but admire you in * N ° 199 . H 2 the the very act of endeavouring to ...
... observe your eye wander after new conquefts every moment you are in a public place ; and yet there is fuch a beauty in all your looks and geftures , that I cannot but admire you in * N ° 199 . H 2 the the very act of endeavouring to ...
Page 174
... observation , and gives me occafion to fay further , That as worthy actions fpring from worthy thoughts , fo worthy thoughts are likewife the confequence of worthy ac- tions . But the wretch who has degraded himself be- low the ...
... observation , and gives me occafion to fay further , That as worthy actions fpring from worthy thoughts , fo worthy thoughts are likewife the confequence of worthy ac- tions . But the wretch who has degraded himself be- low the ...
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