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Page xvi
Of very extensive learning he has indeed given no proofs . He seems to have had
small acquaintance with the sciences , and to have read little except Latin and
French . The abundance of his man . own mind left him little need of adventitious
...
Of very extensive learning he has indeed given no proofs . He seems to have had
small acquaintance with the sciences , and to have read little except Latin and
French . The abundance of his man . own mind left him little need of adventitious
...
Page xxi
It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and
severity of diction , he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and
connections , and sometimes descends too much to the language of
conversation ; yet if his ...
It seems to have been his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and
severity of diction , he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and
connections , and sometimes descends too much to the language of
conversation ; yet if his ...
Page 3
Sometimes I smoke a pipe at Child's , and , whilft I seem attentive to nothing but
the Postman , overhear the conversation of every table in the room . I appear on
Sunday nights at St. James's coffee - house ; and sometimes join the little ...
Sometimes I smoke a pipe at Child's , and , whilft I seem attentive to nothing but
the Postman , overhear the conversation of every table in the room . I appear on
Sunday nights at St. James's coffee - house ; and sometimes join the little ...
Page 169
Oxford , April 13 , 1711 . « Four o'clock in the morning . IN fome of your late
fpeculations , I find some sketches towards an history of clubs : but you seem to
me to shew them in somewhat too ludicrous a light . I have well weighed that
inatter ...
Oxford , April 13 , 1711 . « Four o'clock in the morning . IN fome of your late
fpeculations , I find some sketches towards an history of clubs : but you seem to
me to shew them in somewhat too ludicrous a light . I have well weighed that
inatter ...
Page 209
I must do them the justice to say , that there seems to be nothing wanting to the •
finishing of these lovely pieces of human nature be• sides the turning and
applying their ambition properly , • and the keeping them up to a sense of what is
their ...
I must do them the justice to say , that there seems to be nothing wanting to the •
finishing of these lovely pieces of human nature be• sides the turning and
applying their ambition properly , • and the keeping them up to a sense of what is
their ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 1 The Spectator, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Published | 1793 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2012 |
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