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For since they cannot raise themselves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they must endeavour to sink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themselves upon a level with them . The greatest wits that ever were ...
For since they cannot raise themselves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they must endeavour to sink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themselves upon a level with them . The greatest wits that ever were ...
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take notice , that our English author has after the same manner exemplified several of his precepts in the very pre . cepts themselves . I hall produce two or three instances . of his kind . Speaking of the insipid smoothness which some ...
take notice , that our English author has after the same manner exemplified several of his precepts in the very pre . cepts themselves . I hall produce two or three instances . of his kind . Speaking of the insipid smoothness which some ...
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These things , dear madam , will be lasting satisfactions , when the fine ladies , and the * coxcombs by whom they form themselves , are irreparably ridiculous , ridiculous in old age .
These things , dear madam , will be lasting satisfactions , when the fine ladies , and the * coxcombs by whom they form themselves , are irreparably ridiculous , ridiculous in old age .
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How few are there who are furnished with abilities sufficient to recommend their actions to the admiration of the world , and to distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind ? Providence for the most part sets us upon a level ...
How few are there who are furnished with abilities sufficient to recommend their actions to the admiration of the world , and to distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind ? Providence for the most part sets us upon a level ...
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... perverseness of temper grow wary in their praises of one , who sets too great a value on them , left they should raise him too high in his own imagination , and by confequence remove him to a greater distance from themselves .
... perverseness of temper grow wary in their praises of one , who sets too great a value on them , left they should raise him too high in his own imagination , and by confequence remove him to a greater distance from themselves .
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2019 |
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