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Page 3
I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's coffee - house ; and sometimes join the
little committee of politicks in the inner room , as one who comes there to hear
and improve . My face is likewise very well known at the Grecian , the CocoaTree
...
I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's coffee - house ; and sometimes join the
little committee of politicks in the inner room , as one who comes there to hear
and improve . My face is likewise very well known at the Grecian , the CocoaTree
...
Page 18
A man may appear learned without talking sentences , as in his ordinary gesture
he discovers he can dance though he does nit cut capers . In a word , I shall take
it for the greatest glory of my work , if among reasonable ivomen this paper may ...
A man may appear learned without talking sentences , as in his ordinary gesture
he discovers he can dance though he does nit cut capers . In a word , I shall take
it for the greatest glory of my work , if among reasonable ivomen this paper may ...
Page 23
WEDNESDAY , MARCH 7 . . Credebant hoc grande nefas , & morte piandum , Si
juvenis vetulo non allurrexeratJuv . ' Twas impious then ( so much was age rever'
d ) For youth to keep their feat , when an old man appear'd . 5 11 compion , 2 3 I ...
WEDNESDAY , MARCH 7 . . Credebant hoc grande nefas , & morte piandum , Si
juvenis vetulo non allurrexeratJuv . ' Twas impious then ( so much was age rever'
d ) For youth to keep their feat , when an old man appear'd . 5 11 compion , 2 3 I ...
Page 55
There now appear among us none but a few ordinary people , • who come to
church oniy to say their prayers ; so that • I have no work worth speaking of but on
Sundays . I have placed my fon at the Piazzas , to acquaint the la• dies that the
bell ...
There now appear among us none but a few ordinary people , • who come to
church oniy to say their prayers ; so that • I have no work worth speaking of but on
Sundays . I have placed my fon at the Piazzas , to acquaint the la• dies that the
bell ...
Page 64
It is not Lais nor Silenus , but the harlot and the drunkard , whom I shall
endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it appears in a species ,
not as it is circumstanced in an individual . I think it was Caligula who wished the
whole city ...
It is not Lais nor Silenus , but the harlot and the drunkard , whom I shall
endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it appears in a species ,
not as it is circumstanced in an individual . I think it was Caligula who wished the
whole city ...
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Bibliographic information
| 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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