The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 5
... against it , but in the proportion which the narrow circuit of rumour bears to the un- limited extent of fame . ( We may congratulate your Grace not only upon your high atchiev- ments , but likewife upon the hap- py expiration of your ...
... against it , but in the proportion which the narrow circuit of rumour bears to the un- limited extent of fame . ( We may congratulate your Grace not only upon your high atchiev- ments , but likewife upon the hap- py expiration of your ...
Page 10
... against an ogler . The eye of Lufitania is an inftrument of premeditated murder ; but the defign being visible , deftroys the execution of it ; and with much more beau- ty than that of Leonora , it is not half fo mischievous . There is ...
... against an ogler . The eye of Lufitania is an inftrument of premeditated murder ; but the defign being visible , deftroys the execution of it ; and with much more beau- ty than that of Leonora , it is not half fo mischievous . There is ...
Page 37
... against it , fince it is not every one who is poffeffed of it , and there are fewer , who , against common rules and fafhions , dare obey his dictates . As to falutations , which I was about to talk of , I observe , as I ftrole about ...
... against it , fince it is not every one who is poffeffed of it , and there are fewer , who , against common rules and fafhions , dare obey his dictates . As to falutations , which I was about to talk of , I observe , as I ftrole about ...
Page 41
... against each other for different opinions : Thus a crazy con- ftitution , and an uneafy mind is fretted with vexati ous paffions for young men's doing foolishly what it is folly to do at all . Dear Sir , this is my prefent ftate of mind ...
... against each other for different opinions : Thus a crazy con- ftitution , and an uneafy mind is fretted with vexati ous paffions for young men's doing foolishly what it is folly to do at all . Dear Sir , this is my prefent ftate of mind ...
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... against this paper have made fo very little of it . The criticisms which I have hitherto published , have been made with an intention rather to discover beauties and excellencies * " excellencies in the writers of my own time , THE ...
... against this paper have made fo very little of it . The criticisms which I have hitherto published , have been made with an intention rather to discover beauties and excellencies * " excellencies in the writers of my own time , THE ...
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