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On love of virtue reverence attends , But sensual pleasure in our ruin ends . HEN
I consider the false impresions which are received by the generality of the world ,
I am troubled at none more than a certain levity of thought , which many young ...
On love of virtue reverence attends , But sensual pleasure in our ruin ends . HEN
I consider the false impresions which are received by the generality of the world ,
I am troubled at none more than a certain levity of thought , which many young ...
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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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Men take an ill - natured pleasure in crofing our inclinations , and disappointing
us in what our hearts are most set upon . When therefore they have discovered
the passionate desire of fame in the ambitious man , as no temper of inind is
more ...
Men take an ill - natured pleasure in crofing our inclinations , and disappointing
us in what our hearts are most set upon . When therefore they have discovered
the passionate desire of fame in the ambitious man , as no temper of inind is
more ...
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There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame
, and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish
their ill - natured discoveries with a secret pride , and applaud themselves for ...
There are many who find a pleasure in contradicting the common reports of fame
, and in spreading abroad the weaknesses of an exalted character . They publish
their ill - natured discoveries with a secret pride , and applaud themselves for ...
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It may indeed fill the mind for a while with a giddy kind of pleasure , but it is such
a pleasure as makes a man restless and uneasy under it ; and which does not fo
much satisfy the present thirit , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the foul on ...
It may indeed fill the mind for a while with a giddy kind of pleasure , but it is such
a pleasure as makes a man restless and uneasy under it ; and which does not fo
much satisfy the present thirit , as it excites fresh desires , and sets the foul on ...
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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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