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... a poem or a play , it is to qualify myself for a conversation agreeable to his taste
: 6. he is almost the end of my devotions ; half my prayers for his happiness -- I
love to talk of him , and never 6. hear him named but with pleasure and emotion .
... a poem or a play , it is to qualify myself for a conversation agreeable to his taste
: 6. he is almost the end of my devotions ; half my prayers for his happiness -- I
love to talk of him , and never 6. hear him named but with pleasure and emotion .
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HAT I might not lose myself upon a subject of so great extent as that of fame , I
have treated it in a particular order and method . I have first of all confidered the
reasons why providence may have implanted in our mind such a principle of
action .
HAT I might not lose myself upon a subject of so great extent as that of fame , I
have treated it in a particular order and method . I have first of all confidered the
reasons why providence may have implanted in our mind such a principle of
action .
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The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who
proposes to improve our entertainments of dramatic poetry , and the other comes
from three perfons , who , as soon as named , will be thought capable of ...
The first of the letters with which I acquit myself for this day , is written by one who
proposes to improve our entertainments of dramatic poetry , and the other comes
from three perfons , who , as soon as named , will be thought capable of ...
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... lived a bachelor to this day ; and instead of a * numerous offspring , with which
, in the regular ways of life , I might possibly have delighted myself , I have only <
6 only to amuse myself with the repetition of old 40 No 260 THE SPECTATOR .
... lived a bachelor to this day ; and instead of a * numerous offspring , with which
, in the regular ways of life , I might possibly have delighted myself , I have only <
6 only to amuse myself with the repetition of old 40 No 260 THE SPECTATOR .
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6 only to amuse myself with the repetition of old stories ' and intrigues which no
one will believe I ever was con• cerned in . I do not know whether you have ever
treat• ed of it or not ; but you cannot fall on a better fubject , than that of the art of ...
6 only to amuse myself with the repetition of old stories ' and intrigues which no
one will believe I ever was con• cerned in . I do not know whether you have ever
treat• ed of it or not ; but you cannot fall on a better fubject , than that of the art of ...
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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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