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Page 10
The poor bride can give her hand , • and say , “ I do , ” with a languishing air , to
the man she • is obliged by cruel parents to take for mercenary rea• fons , but at
the same time she cannot look as if she • loved ; her eye is full of sorrow , and ...
The poor bride can give her hand , • and say , “ I do , ” with a languishing air , to
the man she • is obliged by cruel parents to take for mercenary rea• fons , but at
the same time she cannot look as if she • loved ; her eye is full of sorrow , and ...
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You make already the entertain• ment at Mrs. Modish's tea - table ; she says , she
always thought you a discreet person , and qualified to manage • a family with
admirable prudence : The dies to see what • demure and serious airs wedlock
has ...
You make already the entertain• ment at Mrs. Modish's tea - table ; she says , she
always thought you a discreet person , and qualified to manage • a family with
admirable prudence : The dies to see what • demure and serious airs wedlock
has ...
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Dear Mr. Spectator , YOU OU have no goodness in the world , and are not in
earnest in any thing you say that is serious , if you do not send me a plain answer
to this : I happened fome days past to be at the play , where during the time of ...
Dear Mr. Spectator , YOU OU have no goodness in the world , and are not in
earnest in any thing you say that is serious , if you do not send me a plain answer
to this : I happened fome days past to be at the play , where during the time of ...
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There is not any circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater
idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in
private conversation , " That he was fatisfied with his share to of life and fame .
There is not any circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater
idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in
private conversation , " That he was fatisfied with his share to of life and fame .
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... though the words have no sense or meaning ; to say it Thorter , mere musical
founds are in our art no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Mufic
therefore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have fome
passion cr ...
... though the words have no sense or meaning ; to say it Thorter , mere musical
founds are in our art no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Mufic
therefore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have fome
passion cr ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 The British essayists The Spectator, Joseph Addison |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2019 |
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