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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 ...
Page 34
When a set of men find themfelves agree in any particular , though ever so trivial ,
they establish themselves into a kind of fraternity , and meet once or twice a week
upon the account of such a fantastic refernblance . I know a considerable ...
When a set of men find themfelves agree in any particular , though ever so trivial ,
they establish themselves into a kind of fraternity , and meet once or twice a week
upon the account of such a fantastic refernblance . I know a considerable ...
Page 43
These , and fuch other reflections , are firinkled up and down the writings of all
ages , by authors who leave behind them memorials of their rescnument against
the foors of particular woinen , in invectives against the whole sex . Such a writer ,
I ...
These , and fuch other reflections , are firinkled up and down the writings of all
ages , by authors who leave behind them memorials of their rescnument against
the foors of particular woinen , in invectives against the whole sex . Such a writer ,
I ...
Page 64
If I attack the vicious , I thall only fet upon them in a body ; and will not be
provoked , by the worst usage I can receive from others , to make an example of
any particular criminal . In thort , I have so much of a Drawcansir in me , that I ihall
pass ...
If I attack the vicious , I thall only fet upon them in a body ; and will not be
provoked , by the worst usage I can receive from others , to make an example of
any particular criminal . In thort , I have so much of a Drawcansir in me , that I ihall
pass ...
Page 110
Mr. Bell has likewise distinguished himíelf by a device of the • same nature : and
here , Sir , I must beg leave to ob• serve to you , that this particular figure of a bell
has • given occasion to several pieces of wit in this kind . • A man of your reading
...
Mr. Bell has likewise distinguished himíelf by a device of the • same nature : and
here , Sir , I must beg leave to ob• serve to you , that this particular figure of a bell
has • given occasion to several pieces of wit in this kind . • A man of your reading
...
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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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