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Page 67
I have received it from Oxford ; and as it abounds with the spirit of mirth and good
- humour which is natural to that place , I shall set it down word for word as it
came 14 3 to me . • Most profound Sir , • HAVING been very well entertained in
the ...
I have received it from Oxford ; and as it abounds with the spirit of mirth and good
- humour which is natural to that place , I shall set it down word for word as it
came 14 3 to me . • Most profound Sir , • HAVING been very well entertained in
the ...
Page 70
This maxim was no sooner received , but we immediately fell to translating the
Italian operas ; and as there was no great danger of hurting the sense of those
extraordinary pieces , our authors would often make words of their own , which
were ...
This maxim was no sooner received , but we immediately fell to translating the
Italian operas ; and as there was no great danger of hurting the sense of those
extraordinary pieces , our authors would often make words of their own , which
were ...
Page 90
The author relying upon his Holiness's generosity , as also on fome private
overtures which he had received from him , made the discovery himself ; upon
which the Pope gave him the reward he had promised , but at the fame time , to
disable ...
The author relying upon his Holiness's generosity , as also on fome private
overtures which he had received from him , made the discovery himself ; upon
which the Pope gave him the reward he had promised , but at the fame time , to
disable ...
Page 98
Upon an exact calculation of what I expended and 6 received the last year ,
which I always register in a • book , I find the medium to be two hundred weight ;
so • that I cannot discover that I am impaired one ounce in my health during a
whole ...
Upon an exact calculation of what I expended and 6 received the last year ,
which I always register in a • book , I find the medium to be two hundred weight ;
so • that I cannot discover that I am impaired one ounce in my health during a
whole ...
Page 128
... and innocence of a siter ; insomuch that he would often say to her , “ Dear
Daphne , wert thou but as handsome as Lætitia " -- She received such language
with that ingenuous and pleasing mirth , which is natural to a woman without
dcfign .
... and innocence of a siter ; insomuch that he would often say to her , “ Dear
Daphne , wert thou but as handsome as Lætitia " -- She received such language
with that ingenuous and pleasing mirth , which is natural to a woman without
dcfign .
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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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