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Page 53
Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the coarseness of their
taste ; but our present grievance does not seem to be the want of a good taste ,
but of common sense . с * 1 3 ? No. XIV . FRIDAY , MARCH 16 . -Teque his ,
infelix ...
Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the coarseness of their
taste ; but our present grievance does not seem to be the want of a good taste ,
but of common sense . с * 1 3 ? No. XIV . FRIDAY , MARCH 16 . -Teque his ,
infelix ...
Page 64
I must therefore inforın these my correspondents , that it is not my delign to be a
publisher of intrigues and cuckoldoins , or to bring little infamous stories out of
their present lurking - loles into broad day - light . If I attack the vicious , I thall only
fet ...
I must therefore inforın these my correspondents , that it is not my delign to be a
publisher of intrigues and cuckoldoins , or to bring little infamous stories out of
their present lurking - loles into broad day - light . If I attack the vicious , I thall only
fet ...
Page 73
At present , our notions of music are so very uncertain , that we do not know what
it is we like ; only , in general , we are transported with any thing that is not
English ; so be it of a foreign growth , let it be Italian , French , or High - Dutch , it
is the ...
At present , our notions of music are so very uncertain , that we do not know what
it is we like ; only , in general , we are transported with any thing that is not
English ; so be it of a foreign growth , let it be Italian , French , or High - Dutch , it
is the ...
Page 108
I SHALL here present my reader with a letter from a projector , concerning a new
office which he thinks inay very much contribute to the embellishment of the city ,
and to the driving barbarity out of our streets . I consider it as a satire upon ...
I SHALL here present my reader with a letter from a projector , concerning a new
office which he thinks inay very much contribute to the embellishment of the city ,
and to the driving barbarity out of our streets . I consider it as a satire upon ...
Page 157
When we see him engaged in the depth of his afflictions , we are apt to comfort
ourselves , because we are sure he will find his way out of them ; and that his
grief , how great foever it may be at present , will foon terminate in gladness . For
this ...
When we see him engaged in the depth of his afflictions , we are apt to comfort
ourselves , because we are sure he will find his way out of them ; and that his
grief , how great foever it may be at present , will foon terminate in gladness . For
this ...
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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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