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Page 64
In thort , I have so much of a Drawcansir in me , that I ihall pass over a single foe
to charge whole armies . It is not Lais nor Silenus , but the harlot and the
drunkard , whom I shall endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it
appears ...
In thort , I have so much of a Drawcansir in me , that I ihall pass over a single foe
to charge whole armies . It is not Lais nor Silenus , but the harlot and the
drunkard , whom I shall endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it
appears ...
Page 77
The whole transaction is performed with the eyes ; and the crime is no less than
employing them in such a manner as to divert the eyes of others from the best
use they can make of them , even looking up to heaven . • Sir , 17 3 6 6 + '
THERE ...
The whole transaction is performed with the eyes ; and the crime is no less than
employing them in such a manner as to divert the eyes of others from the best
use they can make of them , even looking up to heaven . • Sir , 17 3 6 6 + '
THERE ...
Page 98
6 • I allow myself , one night with another , a quarter of a pound of sleep within a
few grains , more or less ; and ' if upen my rising I find that I have not consumed
my whole quantity , I take out the rest in my chair . • Upon an exact calculation of ...
6 • I allow myself , one night with another , a quarter of a pound of sleep within a
few grains , more or less ; and ' if upen my rising I find that I have not consumed
my whole quantity , I take out the rest in my chair . • Upon an exact calculation of ...
Page 100
I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church - yard , the cloisters , and the
church , amusing myself with the tomb - stones and inscriptions that I met with in
those several regions of the dead . Most of them recorded nothing else of the ...
I yesterday passed a whole afternoon in the church - yard , the cloisters , and the
church , amusing myself with the tomb - stones and inscriptions that I met with in
those several regions of the dead . Most of them recorded nothing else of the ...
Page 108
I consider it as a satire upon projectors in general , and a lively picture of the
whole art of modern criticism . 6 6 Sir , OBSERVING that you have thoughts of
creating certain officers under you , for the inspection o of several petty
enormities ...
I consider it as a satire upon projectors in general , and a lively picture of the
whole art of modern criticism . 6 6 Sir , OBSERVING that you have thoughts of
creating certain officers under you , for the inspection o of several petty
enormities ...
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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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