“The” Spectator, Volume 6J. Parsons, 1793 - English essays |
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Page 10
... readers , among the rest , Your most humble servant , T. BA May 12 , 1712 . SIR , ' COMING last week into a coffee - house not far from the exchange with my basket under my arm , a Jew of considerable note , as I am informed , takes ...
... readers , among the rest , Your most humble servant , T. BA May 12 , 1712 . SIR , ' COMING last week into a coffee - house not far from the exchange with my basket under my arm , a Jew of considerable note , as I am informed , takes ...
Page 42
... reader's own thoughts will suggest to him the vi- cissitude of day and night , the change of seasons , with all that variety of scenes which diversify the face of na- ture , and fill the mind with a perpetual succession of beautiful and ...
... reader's own thoughts will suggest to him the vi- cissitude of day and night , the change of seasons , with all that variety of scenes which diversify the face of na- ture , and fill the mind with a perpetual succession of beautiful and ...
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At the same time that I would engage my reader to consider the world in its most agreeable lights , I must own there are many evils which naturally spring up amidst the entertainments that are provided for us ; but these , if rightly ...
At the same time that I would engage my reader to consider the world in its most agreeable lights , I must own there are many evils which naturally spring up amidst the entertainments that are provided for us ; but these , if rightly ...
Page 48
... readers a fair account of the whole plan upon which this wonderful treatise is built . The author pretends that Jupiter , once upon a time , resolved upon a reformation of the constellations : for which purpose having summoned the stars ...
... readers a fair account of the whole plan upon which this wonderful treatise is built . The author pretends that Jupiter , once upon a time , resolved upon a reformation of the constellations : for which purpose having summoned the stars ...
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... readers with the description of the customs and manners of these barbarians , who are in every respect scarce one degree above brutes , having no language among them but a confused gabble , which is neither well understood by themselves ...
... readers with the description of the customs and manners of these barbarians , who are in every respect scarce one degree above brutes , having no language among them but a confused gabble , which is neither well understood by themselves ...
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