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Page 3
I have passed my latter years in this city , where I am frequently seen in most
public places , though there are not above half a dozen of my select friends that
know me ; of whom my next paper shall give a more particular account . There is
no ...
I have passed my latter years in this city , where I am frequently seen in most
public places , though there are not above half a dozen of my select friends that
know me ; of whom my next paper shall give a more particular account . There is
no ...
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When it is a woman's day , in my works , I shall endeavour at a stile and air
suitable to their understanding . When I say this , I must be understood to mean ,
that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their ...
When it is a woman's day , in my works , I shall endeavour at a stile and air
suitable to their understanding . When I say this , I must be understood to mean ,
that I shall not lower but exalt the subjects I treat upon . Discourse for their ...
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To consider the poer after the conjuror , I shall give you a taste of the Italian from
the first lines of his preface Eccoti , benigno lettore , un parto di poche fere , che
se ben nato di notte , non č pero aborto di tenebre , mā fi farā conoscere figlio ...
To consider the poer after the conjuror , I shall give you a taste of the Italian from
the first lines of his preface Eccoti , benigno lettore , un parto di poche fere , che
se ben nato di notte , non č pero aborto di tenebre , mā fi farā conoscere figlio ...
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I. Every meinber at his first coming in , shall lay down his two - pence . II . Every
member shall fill his pipe out of his own box . III . If any member absents himself ,
he shall forfeit a penny for the use of the club , unless in case of sickness or ...
I. Every meinber at his first coming in , shall lay down his two - pence . II . Every
member shall fill his pipe out of his own box . III . If any member absents himself ,
he shall forfeit a penny for the use of the club , unless in case of sickness or ...
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Since I have raifud ro myself so great an audience , I fhall fpare no pains to make
their instruction ay recable , and their diversion useful : For which reafons I shall
endearour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality , that my ...
Since I have raifud ro myself so great an audience , I fhall fpare no pains to make
their instruction ay recable , and their diversion useful : For which reafons I shall
endearour to enliven morality with wit , and to temper wit with morality , that my ...
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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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