The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... discovered , espe- cially when they are fo induftriously proclaimed , and aggravated by fuch as were once his fuperiors or equals ; by fuch as would fet to fhew their judgment or their wit , and by fuch as are guilty or innocent of the ...
... discovered , espe- cially when they are fo induftriously proclaimed , and aggravated by fuch as were once his fuperiors or equals ; by fuch as would fet to fhew their judgment or their wit , and by fuch as are guilty or innocent of the ...
Page 31
... discovering the degree and perfec- tion of fuch habits . They are at best but weak refem- blances of our intentions , faint and imperfect copies that may acquaint us with the general defign , but can never express the beauty and life of ...
... discovering the degree and perfec- tion of fuch habits . They are at best but weak refem- blances of our intentions , faint and imperfect copies that may acquaint us with the general defign , but can never express the beauty and life of ...
Page 99
... discovered feveral little roads or canals running from the ear into the brain , and took particular care to trace them out through their feveral paffages . One of them extended itself to a bundle of fonnets and little musical ...
... discovered feveral little roads or canals running from the ear into the brain , and took particular care to trace them out through their feveral paffages . One of them extended itself to a bundle of fonnets and little musical ...
Page 123
... discovered itself until we came into the very core and center of it . We there observed a little figure , which , upon applying our glaffes to it , appeared dreffed in a very fantastick manner . The more I looked upon it , the more I ...
... discovered itself until we came into the very core and center of it . We there observed a little figure , which , upon applying our glaffes to it , appeared dreffed in a very fantastick manner . The more I looked upon it , the more I ...
Page 157
... discovered by fome of the guards , who asked him what was his bufinefs in that place ? The Dervife told them he intended to take up his night's lodging in that Caravansary . The guards let him know , in a very angry manner , that the ...
... discovered by fome of the guards , who asked him what was his bufinefs in that place ? The Dervife told them he intended to take up his night's lodging in that Caravansary . The guards let him know , in a very angry manner , that the ...
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