The Spectator, Volume 6Harrison and Company, 1793 - English essays |
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... I muft alfo obferve , that as in fome climates there is a perpetual Spring , fo in fome female conftitutions there is a perpetual May ; thefe are a kind of valetudi- narians narians in chastity , whom I would continue in a 2 THE SPECTATOR .
... I muft alfo obferve , that as in fome climates there is a perpetual Spring , fo in fome female conftitutions there is a perpetual May ; thefe are a kind of valetudi- narians narians in chastity , whom I would continue in a 2 THE SPECTATOR .
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... kind of wit , vulgarly termed the pun . It would not be much amifs to confult Dr. T-- W ( who is certainly a very able projector , and whose fyftem of divinity and fpiritual mechanics ebrain very much among the better part of our under ...
... kind of wit , vulgarly termed the pun . It would not be much amifs to confult Dr. T-- W ( who is certainly a very able projector , and whose fyftem of divinity and fpiritual mechanics ebrain very much among the better part of our under ...
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... kind of pleafing anguish , as well as generous fympathy , that knits mankind together , and blends them in the fame common lot . Thole who have laid down rules for rhetoric or po- etry , advise the writer to work himself up , if ...
... kind of pleafing anguish , as well as generous fympathy , that knits mankind together , and blends them in the fame common lot . Thole who have laid down rules for rhetoric or po- etry , advise the writer to work himself up , if ...
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... kind of hypocrite the mo'e vir- tuous . The former is afraid of every thing that has the thew of religion in it , and would be thought engaged in many criminal gallantries and amours which he is not guilty of . The latter affumes a face ...
... kind of hypocrite the mo'e vir- tuous . The former is afraid of every thing that has the thew of religion in it , and would be thought engaged in many criminal gallantries and amours which he is not guilty of . The latter affumes a face ...
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... kind of hypocrify is there fet forth by reflections on God's omniscience and omniprefence , which are celebrated in as noble strains of poetry as any other I ever met with , either facred or pro- fane . The other kind of hypocrify ...
... kind of hypocrify is there fet forth by reflections on God's omniscience and omniprefence , which are celebrated in as noble strains of poetry as any other I ever met with , either facred or pro- fane . The other kind of hypocrify ...
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