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If you do me the honour to print this among your speculations , ' I shall in my next
make you a present of secret history , by translating all the looks of the next
assembly of la• dies and gentlemen into words , to adorn some future paper .
If you do me the honour to print this among your speculations , ' I shall in my next
make you a present of secret history , by translating all the looks of the next
assembly of la• dies and gentlemen into words , to adorn some future paper .
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... of his merits a reflexion on their own indeserts ; and will therefore take care to
reproach him with the scandal of some past action , or derogate from the worth of
the present , that they may still keep him on the same level with themselves .
... of his merits a reflexion on their own indeserts ; and will therefore take care to
reproach him with the scandal of some past action , or derogate from the worth of
the present , that they may still keep him on the same level with themselves .
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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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Stob , No flumber feals the eye of Providence , Present to ev'ry action we
commence . 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 ...
Stob , No flumber feals the eye of Providence , Present to ev'ry action we
commence . 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 ...
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That secret rest and contentedness of mind , which gives him a perfect enjoyment
of his present condition ? that inward pleasure and complacency which he feels
in doing good ? that delight and satisfaction which he takes in the prosperity ...
That secret rest and contentedness of mind , which gives him a perfect enjoyment
of his present condition ? that inward pleasure and complacency which he feels
in doing good ? that delight and satisfaction which he takes in the prosperity ...
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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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