The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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... those who fhall read the fur- prifing revolutions in your story , to be made acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ? How pleafing would it be to hear that the fame man , who had carried fire and fword into the countries of ...
... those who fhall read the fur- prifing revolutions in your story , to be made acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ? How pleafing would it be to hear that the fame man , who had carried fire and fword into the countries of ...
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... those to come , as it does to his contemporaries , that all the great events which were brought to pass under the conduct of fo well - governed a fpirit , were the bleffings of heaven upon wisdom and valour ; and all which feem ad ...
... those to come , as it does to his contemporaries , that all the great events which were brought to pass under the conduct of fo well - governed a fpirit , were the bleffings of heaven upon wisdom and valour ; and all which feem ad ...
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an ufurpation upon those whom he had enflaved ; but the prince of Mindleheim may rejoice in a fove- reignty which was the gift of him whofe dominions he had preferved . Glory established upon the un- interrupted fuccefs of honourable ...
an ufurpation upon those whom he had enflaved ; but the prince of Mindleheim may rejoice in a fove- reignty which was the gift of him whofe dominions he had preferved . Glory established upon the un- interrupted fuccefs of honourable ...
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... those things are expreffed to an ex- travagance , yet you will own , that the influence of it is very great which moves men to that extrava- gance . Certain it is , that the whole ftrength of the mind is fometimes feated there ; that a ...
... those things are expreffed to an ex- travagance , yet you will own , that the influence of it is very great which moves men to that extrava- gance . Certain it is , that the whole ftrength of the mind is fometimes feated there ; that a ...
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... those who have . For fince they cannot raise themfelves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they muft en- deavour to fink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themfelves upon a level with them . Indeed The greatest ...
... those who have . For fince they cannot raise themfelves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they muft en- deavour to fink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themfelves upon a level with them . Indeed The greatest ...
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