The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... themselves vifible , it is impoffible for a jealous man to be thoroughly cured of his fufpicions . His thoughts hang at beft in a ftate of doubtfulness and uncertainty ; and are never ca- pable of receiving any fatisfaction on the ...
... themselves vifible , it is impoffible for a jealous man to be thoroughly cured of his fufpicions . His thoughts hang at beft in a ftate of doubtfulness and uncertainty ; and are never ca- pable of receiving any fatisfaction on the ...
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... themselves no more . We may fee by what has been faid , that jealousy takes the deepeft root in men of amorous difpofitions ; and of these we may find three kinds who are most over . run with it . The First are thofe who are confcious ...
... themselves no more . We may fee by what has been faid , that jealousy takes the deepeft root in men of amorous difpofitions ; and of these we may find three kinds who are most over . run with it . The First are thofe who are confcious ...
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... themselves the con- fcience of worthy enterprises , than in the profpect of glory which attends them . These exalted spirits would rather be fecretly the authors of events which are fer- viceable to mankind , than , without being fuch ...
... themselves the con- fcience of worthy enterprises , than in the profpect of glory which attends them . These exalted spirits would rather be fecretly the authors of events which are fer- viceable to mankind , than , without being fuch ...
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... themselves for the 9th of October . The prize , which is propofed to be grinned for , has raised Tuch an ambition among the common people of out- grinning one another , that many very difcerning per- fons are afraid it fhould fpoil moft ...
... themselves for the 9th of October . The prize , which is propofed to be grinned for , has raised Tuch an ambition among the common people of out- grinning one another , that many very difcerning per- fons are afraid it fhould fpoil moft ...
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... themselves , which it would be too tedious to defcribe . I must not however omit a ploughman , who lived in the farther part of the country , and being very lucky in a pair of long lanthorn - jaws , wrung his face into fuch an hideous ...
... themselves , which it would be too tedious to defcribe . I must not however omit a ploughman , who lived in the farther part of the country , and being very lucky in a pair of long lanthorn - jaws , wrung his face into fuch an hideous ...
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