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posed very unexpert in the arts of conversation and practice of life , who , without
fortune or alliance , by his usefulness and dexterity , became secretary of state ;
and who died at forty - seven , after having not only stood long in the highest rank
...
posed very unexpert in the arts of conversation and practice of life , who , without
fortune or alliance , by his usefulness and dexterity , became secretary of state ;
and who died at forty - seven , after having not only stood long in the highest rank
...
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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 ...
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... of mankind , and make threwvd guelfes , without being admitted to their
conversation , at the inmost thoughts and reileétions of all whom I behold . It is
from hence that good or ill fortune has no manner of force towards affecting iny
judgment .
... of mankind , and make threwvd guelfes , without being admitted to their
conversation , at the inmost thoughts and reileétions of all whom I behold . It is
from hence that good or ill fortune has no manner of force towards affecting iny
judgment .
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A ball is a great help to discourse , and a birth - day furnishes conversation for a
twelvemonth after : a furbelow of precious stones , an hat buttoned with a
diamond , a brocade waistcoat or petticoat , are standing topics . In short , thev
consider ...
A ball is a great help to discourse , and a birth - day furnishes conversation for a
twelvemonth after : a furbelow of precious stones , an hat buttoned with a
diamond , a brocade waistcoat or petticoat , are standing topics . In short , thev
consider ...
Page 113
Every one who has been long in Italy knows very well , that the cadences in the
Recitativo bear a remote affinity to the tone of their voices in ordinary
conversation , or , to speak more properly , are only the accents of their language
made more ...
Every one who has been long in Italy knows very well , that the cadences in the
Recitativo bear a remote affinity to the tone of their voices in ordinary
conversation , or , to speak more properly , are only the accents of their language
made more ...
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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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