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TO THE D. U E OF M A R L BOROU MY LORD , A А S it is natural to have a
fondness for what has cost us much time and attention to produce , I hope your
Grace will forgive and endeavour to preserve this work from oblivion , by Vol . IV .
TO THE D. U E OF M A R L BOROU MY LORD , A А S it is natural to have a
fondness for what has cost us much time and attention to produce , I hope your
Grace will forgive and endeavour to preserve this work from oblivion , by Vol . IV .
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I hope you will propose • this lady as a pattern , though I am very much afraid you
• will be so filly to think Portia , & c . Sabine and Roman • wives much brighter
examples . I wish it may never come • into your head to imitate those antiquated ...
I hope you will propose • this lady as a pattern , though I am very much afraid you
• will be so filly to think Portia , & c . Sabine and Roman • wives much brighter
examples . I wish it may never come • into your head to imitate those antiquated ...
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... being willing to have more strings than one to my bow ; in case that of
comptroller • should fail me , I have , fince formed another project , • which being
grounded on the dividing of a present B 5 • monopoly , 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 . monopoly , I
hope N ...
... being willing to have more strings than one to my bow ; in case that of
comptroller • should fail me , I have , fince formed another project , • which being
grounded on the dividing of a present B 5 • monopoly , 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 . monopoly , I
hope N ...
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6 6 6 6 6 . monopoly , I hope will give the public an equivalent to their full content
. You know , Sir , it is allowed • that the business of the stage is , as the Latin has
it , jucunda & idonea dicere vite . Now there being but one dramatic theatre ...
6 6 6 6 6 . monopoly , I hope will give the public an equivalent to their full content
. You know , Sir , it is allowed • that the business of the stage is , as the Latin has
it , jucunda & idonea dicere vite . Now there being but one dramatic theatre ...
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Sir , all I propose is the public good ; for no one can imagine I shall ever get a
private fhilling by it : therefore I hope you will recommend r this matter in one of
your this week's papers , and de· fire when my house opens you will accept the
liberty ...
Sir , all I propose is the public good ; for no one can imagine I shall ever get a
private fhilling by it : therefore I hope you will recommend r this matter in one of
your this week's papers , and de· fire when my house opens you will accept the
liberty ...
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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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