The Spectator, Volume 6Harrison and Company, 1793 - English essays |
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... particular turn , in defiring your Lordship would continue your favour and patronage to me , as you are a gentleman of the nioft polite litera- ture , and perfectly accomplished in the know- ledge of books and men , which makes it necef ...
... particular turn , in defiring your Lordship would continue your favour and patronage to me , as you are a gentleman of the nioft polite litera- ture , and perfectly accomplished in the know- ledge of books and men , which makes it necef ...
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... particular title to that fex , it is modesty . I fhall leave it to the divines to guard them against the oppofite vice , as they may be overpowered by tempta- tions ; it is fufficient for me to have warned them against it , as they may ...
... particular title to that fex , it is modesty . I fhall leave it to the divines to guard them against the oppofite vice , as they may be overpowered by tempta- tions ; it is fufficient for me to have warned them against it , as they may ...
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... particular , that by the reproaches which it cafts upon us we fee the worst fide of ourfelves , and open our eyes to feveral blemishes and defects in our lives and converfations , which we fhould not have obferved without the help of ...
... particular , that by the reproaches which it cafts upon us we fee the worst fide of ourfelves , and open our eyes to feveral blemishes and defects in our lives and converfations , which we fhould not have obferved without the help of ...
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... particular temper , his age , or way of life , or when it favours his pleasure or his profit . There is nothing of greater importance to us than thus diligently to fift our thoughts , and examine all thefe dark receffes of the mind , if ...
... particular temper , his age , or way of life , or when it favours his pleasure or his profit . There is nothing of greater importance to us than thus diligently to fift our thoughts , and examine all thefe dark receffes of the mind , if ...
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... particular ftatefman belonging to it , who is the mouth of the treet where he lives , I always take care to place myself near him , in order to know his judgment on the prefent pofture of affairs . The laft progrefs that I made with ...
... particular ftatefman belonging to it , who is the mouth of the treet where he lives , I always take care to place myself near him , in order to know his judgment on the prefent pofture of affairs . The laft progrefs that I made with ...
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