“The” Spectator, Volume 6J. Parsons, 1793 - English essays |
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... meet with in every thought . If we look into the characters of this tribe of infidels , we generally find they are made up of pride , spleen , and cavil . It is indeed no wonder , that men who are uneasy to themselves , should be so to ...
... meet with in every thought . If we look into the characters of this tribe of infidels , we generally find they are made up of pride , spleen , and cavil . It is indeed no wonder , that men who are uneasy to themselves , should be so to ...
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... meets with any one in his morning or evening walks . It broke from him to several boats that passed by us on the water ; but to the Knight's great surprise , as he gave the good - night to two or three young fellows a little before our ...
... meets with any one in his morning or evening walks . It broke from him to several boats that passed by us on the water ; but to the Knight's great surprise , as he gave the good - night to two or three young fellows a little before our ...
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... meet with the practice of this virtue in the world . Every man is ready to give in a long catalogue of those virtues and good qualities he expects to find in the person of a friend , but very few of us are careful to cultivate them in ...
... meet with the practice of this virtue in the world . Every man is ready to give in a long catalogue of those virtues and good qualities he expects to find in the person of a friend , but very few of us are careful to cultivate them in ...
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... meet him at the tables and conversations of the wise , the imper- tinent , the grave , the frolic , and the witty ; and yet his own character has nothing in it that can make him particularly agreeable to any one sect of men ; but ACASTO ...
... meet him at the tables and conversations of the wise , the imper- tinent , the grave , the frolic , and the witty ; and yet his own character has nothing in it that can make him particularly agreeable to any one sect of men ; but ACASTO ...
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... meets , is a fit occasion to exert it ; for he who follows nature , can never be improper or unreasonable . How unaccountable then must their behaviour be , who without any manner of consideration of what the com- pany they have now ...
... meets , is a fit occasion to exert it ; for he who follows nature , can never be improper or unreasonable . How unaccountable then must their behaviour be , who without any manner of consideration of what the com- pany they have now ...
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