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Page 64
How often am I asked by both sides , if it is possible for me to be an unconcerned
spectator of the rogueries that are committed by the party which is opposite to him
that writes the letter . About two days fince I was reproached with an old Gres ...
How often am I asked by both sides , if it is possible for me to be an unconcerned
spectator of the rogueries that are committed by the party which is opposite to him
that writes the letter . About two days fince I was reproached with an old Gres ...
Page 66
Madam Maintenon's first husband was an hero in this kind , and has drawn many
pleasantries from the irregularity of his shape ; which he describes as very much
refembling the letter Z. He diverts himfelf likewise , by representing to his reader ...
Madam Maintenon's first husband was an hero in this kind , and has drawn many
pleasantries from the irregularity of his shape ; which he describes as very much
refembling the letter Z. He diverts himfelf likewise , by representing to his reader ...
Page 77
The following letter is a complaint of a young lady , who fets forth a trespass of
this kind with that command of herself as befits beauty and innocence , and yet
wiih so much fpirit as susficiently expresses her indignation . The whole
transaction ...
The following letter is a complaint of a young lady , who fets forth a trespass of
this kind with that command of herself as befits beauty and innocence , and yet
wiih so much fpirit as susficiently expresses her indignation . The whole
transaction ...
Page 84
THE HE word Spectator being most usually understood as one of the audience at
public representations in our theatres , I seldom fail of many letters relating to
plays But indeed there are such monstrous things done in both , that if one had
not ...
THE HE word Spectator being most usually understood as one of the audience at
public representations in our theatres , I seldom fail of many letters relating to
plays But indeed there are such monstrous things done in both , that if one had
not ...
Page 98
Let me • therefore beg you , Sir , to consider me as your patient , 6 and to give me
more certain rules to walk by than those o I have already observed , and oblige
Your humble servant . ' you will very much 6 This letter puts me in mind of an ...
Let me • therefore beg you , Sir , to consider me as your patient , 6 and to give me
more certain rules to walk by than those o I have already observed , and oblige
Your humble servant . ' you will very much 6 This letter puts me in mind of an ...
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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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