The Spectator, Volume 6Harrison and Company, 1793 - English essays |
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Page 11
... ; and if fhe called him to her , and asked whether it was Cynthio who paffed by , he should at first be loth to own it was ; but upon importunity confefs it . There needed needed not much fearch into that part of the town THE SPECTATOR .
... ; and if fhe called him to her , and asked whether it was Cynthio who paffed by , he should at first be loth to own it was ; but upon importunity confefs it . There needed needed not much fearch into that part of the town THE SPECTATOR .
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... should give a juft attention to both of them , fo far as they may tend to the improvement of the one and the diminution of the other . Plutarch has written an effay on the benefits which a man man may receive from his enemies ; and ...
... should give a juft attention to both of them , fo far as they may tend to the improvement of the one and the diminution of the other . Plutarch has written an effay on the benefits which a man man may receive from his enemies ; and ...
Page 17
... should confider , on the other hand , how far we may deferve the praifes and approbations which the world bestow upon us : whether the actions they cele- brate proceed from laudable and worthy motives ; and how far we are really ...
... should confider , on the other hand , how far we may deferve the praifes and approbations which the world bestow upon us : whether the actions they cele- brate proceed from laudable and worthy motives ; and how far we are really ...
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... should undertake to raise a jonquil or tulip without the help of their respective feeds . As there is no good or bad quality that does not affect both fexes , fo it is not to be imagined but the fair fex muft have fuffered by an ...
... should undertake to raise a jonquil or tulip without the help of their respective feeds . As there is no good or bad quality that does not affect both fexes , fo it is not to be imagined but the fair fex muft have fuffered by an ...
Page 48
... should tranfmigrate into the one or the other ; and it would be no unpleasant notion to confider the ⚫ several species of brutes , into which we may imagine ' that tyrants , misers , the proud , malicious , and ill - na- tured might be ...
... should tranfmigrate into the one or the other ; and it would be no unpleasant notion to confider the ⚫ several species of brutes , into which we may imagine ' that tyrants , misers , the proud , malicious , and ill - na- tured might be ...
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