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Page 14
... as they are drawn in the essay of which I am now fpeaking , Since I have
mentioned Longinus , who in his reflexionshas given us the same kind of sublime
, which he observes in the several passages that occafioned them ; cannot buta
take ...
... as they are drawn in the essay of which I am now fpeaking , Since I have
mentioned Longinus , who in his reflexionshas given us the same kind of sublime
, which he observes in the several passages that occafioned them ; cannot buta
take ...
Page 18
... 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 given you , but the says she shall never forgive your choice of so
gallant a ...
... 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 given you , but the says she shall never forgive your choice of so
gallant a ...
Page 27
... gloriam vixisse . Many indeed have given over their pursuits after fame , but
that has proceeded either from the disappointments they have met in it , or from
their experience of the little pleasure which attends it , or from the better
informations ...
... gloriam vixisse . Many indeed have given over their pursuits after fame , but
that has proceeded either from the disappointments they have met in it , or from
their experience of the little pleasure which attends it , or from the better
informations ...
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As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poes try
and music : my own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have
heretofore given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at ...
As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poes try
and music : my own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have
heretofore given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns those arts at ...
Page 39
There have been many scandals of this kind given to our protestant dissenters
from the outward pomp and respect we take to ourselves in our religious
assemblies . A quaker who came one day into a church , fixed his eye upon an
old lady ...
There have been many scandals of this kind given to our protestant dissenters
from the outward pomp and respect we take to ourselves in our religious
assemblies . A quaker who came one day into a church , fixed his eye upon an
old lady ...
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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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