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Page 14
... Since I have mentioned Longinus , who in his reflexionshas given us the fame kind of sublime , which he observes : in the several passages that occafioned them ; I cannot butu take notice , that our English author has after the.
... Since I have mentioned Longinus , who in his reflexionshas given us the fame kind of sublime , which he observes : in the several passages that occafioned them ; I cannot butu take notice , that our English author has after the.
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 she • says the shall never forgive your choice of so ...
... 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 she • says the shall never forgive your choice of so ...
Page 27
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 ...
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 ...
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As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and mufic : my own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have heretofore “ given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns ...
As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and mufic : my own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have heretofore “ given with all the frankness imaginable ; what concerns ...
Page 39
There have been many scandals of this kind given to our proteftant 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 proteftant 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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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2019 |
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