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Page 10
... therefore if you or your correspon• dent had consulted me in your discourse on
the eye , I " could have told you that the eye of Leonora is flily watch* ful while it
looks negligent ; she looks round her without the help of the glasses you speak of
...
... therefore if you or your correspon• dent had consulted me in your discourse on
the eye , I " could have told you that the eye of Leonora is flily watch* ful while it
looks negligent ; she looks round her without the help of the glasses you speak of
...
Page 42
You must know , I am not a person apt to despair , but she has got an odd •
humour of stopping short unaccountably , and , as she • herself told a confident of
her's , she has cold fits . These • fits shall last her a month or six weeks together ;
and ...
You must know , I am not a person apt to despair , but she has got an odd •
humour of stopping short unaccountably , and , as she • herself told a confident of
her's , she has cold fits . These • fits shall last her a month or six weeks together ;
and ...
Page 51
I cannot now go ' into the parlour to him , and make his heart glad with an account
of a matter which was of no consequence , • but that I told it , and acted in it . The
good man and woman are long since in their graves , who used to • fit and plot ...
I cannot now go ' into the parlour to him , and make his heart glad with an account
of a matter which was of no consequence , • but that I told it , and acted in it . The
good man and woman are long since in their graves , who used to • fit and plot ...
Page 69
The parts of it are told in the most distinct manner , and grow out of one another in
the most natural method . The third qualification of an epic poem is its greatness .
The anger of Achilles was of such consequence , that it embroiled the kings of ...
The parts of it are told in the most distinct manner , and grow out of one another in
the most natural method . The third qualification of an epic poem is its greatness .
The anger of Achilles was of such consequence , that it embroiled the kings of ...
Page 76
I Was this morning surprised with a great knocking at the door , when my
landlady's daughter came up to me , and told me , that there was a man below
desired to speak with me , Upon my asking her who it was , the told me it was a
very grave ...
I Was this morning surprised with a great knocking at the door , when my
landlady's daughter came up to me , and told me , that there was a man below
desired to speak with me , Upon my asking her who it was , the told me it was a
very grave ...
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| 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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