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Pope , It would be endless to quote verses out of Virgil which have this particular
kind of beauty in the numbers ; but 1 may take an occasion in a future paper to
thew several of them which have escaped the observation of others . I cannot ...
Pope , It would be endless to quote verses out of Virgil which have this particular
kind of beauty in the numbers ; but 1 may take an occasion in a future paper to
thew several of them which have escaped the observation of others . I cannot ...
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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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As to salutations , which I was about to talk of , I observe , as I stroll about town ,
there are great enormities committed with regard to this particular . You 5 $ You
shall sometimes see a man begin the offer of N ° 259 37 THE SPECTATOR .
As to salutations , which I was about to talk of , I observe , as I stroll about town ,
there are great enormities committed with regard to this particular . You 5 $ You
shall sometimes see a man begin the offer of N ° 259 37 THE SPECTATOR .
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But now I happen to speak of falutation at church , I must take notice that several
of my correspondents have importuned me to consider that fubject , and settle the
point of decorum in that particular . I do not pretend to be the best courtier in the ...
But now I happen to speak of falutation at church , I must take notice that several
of my correspondents have importuned me to consider that fubject , and settle the
point of decorum in that particular . I do not pretend to be the best courtier in the ...
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Several that are in this respect unequally yoked , and uneasy for life , with a
person of a particular character , might have been pleased and happy with a
person of a contrary one , notwithitanding they are both perhaps equally virtuous
and ...
Several that are in this respect unequally yoked , and uneasy for life , with a
person of a particular character , might have been pleased and happy with a
person of a contrary one , notwithitanding they are both perhaps equally virtuous
and ...
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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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