The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... in cooling your love towards bim , or diverting it to another , There is stiil another secret that can never fail , if you can once get it believed , and which is often pracrised by . women of greater cunning than virtue .
... in cooling your love towards bim , or diverting it to another , There is stiil another secret that can never fail , if you can once get it believed , and which is often pracrised by . women of greater cunning than virtue .
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The gifts of nature and accomplishments of art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the interests of virtue , or governed by the rules of honour . Weoughe to abilract our minds from the observation of an excellence in those we ...
The gifts of nature and accomplishments of art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the interests of virtue , or governed by the rules of honour . Weoughe to abilract our minds from the observation of an excellence in those we ...
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There is but one thing neceffary to keep the possession of true glory , which is , to hear the opposers of it with patience , and preserve the virtue by which it was acquired . When a man is thoroughly perfuaded that he ought neither to ...
There is but one thing neceffary to keep the possession of true glory , which is , to hear the opposers of it with patience , and preserve the virtue by which it was acquired . When a man is thoroughly perfuaded that he ought neither to ...
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And at best , let frugality and parsimony be the virtues of the merchant , how much is his punctual dealing below a gentleman's charity to the poor , or hospitality among his neighbours ? Captain Sentry observed Sir ANDREW dili . gent ...
And at best , let frugality and parsimony be the virtues of the merchant , how much is his punctual dealing below a gentleman's charity to the poor , or hospitality among his neighbours ? Captain Sentry observed Sir ANDREW dili . gent ...
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If to drink so many hogsheads is to be hospitable , we do not contend for the fame of that virtue ; but it would be worth while to consider , whether so many artificers at work ten days together by my appointment ...
If to drink so many hogsheads is to be hospitable , we do not contend for the fame of that virtue ; but it would be worth while to consider , whether so many artificers at work ten days together by my appointment ...
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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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