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Page 3
... committee of politicks in the inner room , as one who comes there to hear and
improve . My face is likewise very well known at the Grecian , the CocoaTree ,
and in the theatres both of Drury - Lane and the Hay - Market . I have been taken
for ...
... committee of politicks in the inner room , as one who comes there to hear and
improve . My face is likewise very well known at the Grecian , the CocoaTree ,
and in the theatres both of Drury - Lane and the Hay - Market . I have been taken
for ...
Page 21
... we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and expressing
themselves , resemble those authors much inore than the modern Italians
pretend to do . And as for the poet himself , from whoin the dreams of this opera
are taken ...
... we shall find that the English writers , in their way of thinking and expressing
themselves , resemble those authors much inore than the modern Italians
pretend to do . And as for the poet himself , from whoin the dreams of this opera
are taken ...
Page 92
... will certainly join with you , though you are in company with ladies ; if you drink
a bottle , they will find your haunts . What makes fuch fellows the more
burdensome is , that they neither offend nor peale so far as to be taken notice of
for either .
... will certainly join with you , though you are in company with ladies ; if you drink
a bottle , they will find your haunts . What makes fuch fellows the more
burdensome is , that they neither offend nor peale so far as to be taken notice of
for either .
Page 142
I was contented with this for 6 these two last winters ; but they carry their tyranny «
still further , and not satisfied that I am banished • from above ground , they have
given me to under• stand that I am wholly to depart their dominions , " and taken ...
I was contented with this for 6 these two last winters ; but they carry their tyranny «
still further , and not satisfied that I am banished • from above ground , they have
given me to under• stand that I am wholly to depart their dominions , " and taken ...
Page 176
Orestes was in the same condition with Har let in Shakespear , his mother having
murdered his father , and taken possession of his kingdom in conspiracy with the
adulterer . The young prince therefore , being determined to revenge his ...
Orestes was in the same condition with Har let in Shakespear , his mother having
murdered his father , and taken possession of his kingdom in conspiracy with the
adulterer . The young prince therefore , being determined to revenge his ...
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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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