The Spectator, Volume 3J. Tonson, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 18
... tell us we ought to abhor . WHEN we fuffer ourselves to be thus carried away by mere Beauty , or mere Wit , Omniamante , with all her Vice , will bear away as much of our Good - will as the most innocent Virgin or discreet Matron ; and ...
... tell us we ought to abhor . WHEN we fuffer ourselves to be thus carried away by mere Beauty , or mere Wit , Omniamante , with all her Vice , will bear away as much of our Good - will as the most innocent Virgin or discreet Matron ; and ...
Page 27
... tell to a Shilling , by the Help of Numbers , the Profit or Lofs by my Adventure ; but I ought alfo to be able to fhew that I had Reason for making it , either from my own Experience , or that of other People , or from a reafonable ...
... tell to a Shilling , by the Help of Numbers , the Profit or Lofs by my Adventure ; but I ought alfo to be able to fhew that I had Reason for making it , either from my own Experience , or that of other People , or from a reafonable ...
Page 34
... tell us , according to your Philofophy , why it is that our Dears fhould do what they will with us , fhall be froward , ill - natured , affuming , fometimes whine , at others rail , ⚫ then fwoon away , then come to Life , have the Ufe ...
... tell us , according to your Philofophy , why it is that our Dears fhould do what they will with us , fhall be froward , ill - natured , affuming , fometimes whine , at others rail , ⚫ then fwoon away , then come to Life , have the Ufe ...
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... tell you of a Man who is ever out of Humour in his Wife's Company , and the plea- fanteft Man in the World every where elfe ; the greateft Sloven at home when he appears to none but his Fa- mily , and moft exactly well - dreffed in all ...
... tell you of a Man who is ever out of Humour in his Wife's Company , and the plea- fanteft Man in the World every where elfe ; the greateft Sloven at home when he appears to none but his Fa- mily , and moft exactly well - dreffed in all ...
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... tell us , that Achilles , in the firft Iliad , represents Anger , or the Irafcible Part of Human Nature ; That upon drawing his Sword against his Superior in a full Affembly , Pallas is only another Name for Reason , which checks and ...
... tell us , that Achilles , in the firft Iliad , represents Anger , or the Irafcible Part of Human Nature ; That upon drawing his Sword against his Superior in a full Affembly , Pallas is only another Name for Reason , which checks and ...
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