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... cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of France , had , in the midst
of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps towards A 2
greatness ? greatness ? And if it were possible to express that DEDICATION .
... cause of liberty , and struck a terror into the armies of France , had , in the midst
of his high station , a behaviour as gentle as is usual in the first steps towards A 2
greatness ? greatness ? And if it were possible to express that DEDICATION .
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This double motion of the stone is admirably described in the numbers of these
verses as in the four first it is heaved up by several Spondees intermixed with
proper breathing places , and at laft trundles down in a continual line of Dactyls .
This double motion of the stone is admirably described in the numbers of these
verses as in the four first it is heaved up by several Spondees intermixed with
proper breathing places , and at laft trundles down in a continual line of Dactyls .
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... which many young women of quality have entertained , to the hazard of their
characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following
letters ters may best represent the faults I would now point 16 THE SPECTATOR .
... which many young women of quality have entertained , to the hazard of their
characters , and the certain misfortune of their lives . The first of the following
letters ters may best represent the faults I would now point 16 THE SPECTATOR .
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However , as I am extremely interested in your reputation , I would wil . lingly give
you a little good advice at your first appearance under the character of a married
woman : it is a • little insolent in me perhaps , to advise a matron ; but I am so ...
However , as I am extremely interested in your reputation , I would wil . lingly give
you a little good advice at your first appearance under the character of a married
woman : it is a • little insolent in me perhaps , to advise a matron ; but I am so ...
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... betrays him into fuch indecencies as are a leflening to his reputation , and is
itself looked upon as a weakness in the greatest characters . in the next place ,
fame is easily lost , and as difficult to be preserved as it was at first to be acquired
.
... betrays him into fuch indecencies as are a leflening to his reputation , and is
itself looked upon as a weakness in the greatest characters . in the next place ,
fame is easily lost , and as difficult to be preserved as it was at first to be acquired
.
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Bibliographic information
| 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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