The Spectator, Volume 3J. Tonson, 1753 - English essays |
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... Parties that cannot fubfift but by their Agreement : this was well reprefented in the Sedition of the Members of the Human Body in the old -Roman Roman Fable . It is often the Cafe of leffer 24 N ° 174 . The SPECTATOR .
... Parties that cannot fubfift but by their Agreement : this was well reprefented in the Sedition of the Members of the Human Body in the old -Roman Roman Fable . It is often the Cafe of leffer 24 N ° 174 . The SPECTATOR .
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Roman Fable . It is often the Cafe of leffer confederate States against a fuperior Power , which are hardly held to- gether , though their Unanimity is neceffary for their com- mon Safety : And this is always the Cafe of the landed and ...
Roman Fable . It is often the Cafe of leffer confederate States against a fuperior Power , which are hardly held to- gether , though their Unanimity is neceffary for their com- mon Safety : And this is always the Cafe of the landed and ...
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... of the greatest Simplicity , but among the moft polite Ages of Mankind . Jotham's Fable of the Trees is the oldeft that is extant , and as beautiful beautiful as any which have been made fince that Time 60 No 183 The SPECTATOR . 1.
... of the greatest Simplicity , but among the moft polite Ages of Mankind . Jotham's Fable of the Trees is the oldeft that is extant , and as beautiful beautiful as any which have been made fince that Time 60 No 183 The SPECTATOR . 1.
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... Fables I have here mentioned are raised altoge- ther upon Brutes and Vegetables , with fome of our own Species mixt among them , when the Moral hath so re- quired . But befides this kind of Fable , there is another in which the Actors ...
... Fables I have here mentioned are raised altoge- ther upon Brutes and Vegetables , with fome of our own Species mixt among them , when the Moral hath so re- quired . But befides this kind of Fable , there is another in which the Actors ...
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... Fable . I fhall only farther obferve upon it , that the first of this Sort that made any confiderable Fi- gure in the World , was that of Hercules meeting with Pleasure and Virtue ; which was invented by Prodicus , who lived before ...
... Fable . I fhall only farther obferve upon it , that the first of this Sort that made any confiderable Fi- gure in the World , was that of Hercules meeting with Pleasure and Virtue ; which was invented by Prodicus , who lived before ...
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