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Page 79
He had laid it down as a rule within himself , to act in the most indifferent parts of
life according to the most abftracted notions of reason and good sense , without
any regard to fashion or example . This humour broke out at first in many little ...
He had laid it down as a rule within himself , to act in the most indifferent parts of
life according to the most abftracted notions of reason and good sense , without
any regard to fashion or example . This humour broke out at first in many little ...
Page 83
Look you , Sir , I am contented to be • esteemed little touched , as they phrase it ,
but should • be sorry to be madder than my neighbours ; therefore , pray let me
be as much in my senses as you can afford . I know I could bring yourself as an ...
Look you , Sir , I am contented to be • esteemed little touched , as they phrase it ,
but should • be sorry to be madder than my neighbours ; therefore , pray let me
be as much in my senses as you can afford . I know I could bring yourself as an ...
Page 94
The senses faculties of the human soul , though they cannot be employed ,
during this our vital union , without proper ' instruments in the body . Why
therefore should we ex' clude the satisfaction of these faculties , which we find '
by ...
The senses faculties of the human soul , though they cannot be employed ,
during this our vital union , without proper ' instruments in the body . Why
therefore should we ex' clude the satisfaction of these faculties , which we find '
by ...
Page 141
-Nature , and the common laws of sense , Forbid to reconcile antipathies ; Or
make a snake engender with a dove , And hungry tigers court the tender lambs .
Roscommon . F ordinary authors would condescend to write as they being ...
-Nature , and the common laws of sense , Forbid to reconcile antipathies ; Or
make a snake engender with a dove , And hungry tigers court the tender lambs .
Roscommon . F ordinary authors would condescend to write as they being ...
Page 239
But as age advances , every thing seems to wither , • the senses are disgusted
with their old entertainments , • and existence turns flat and insipid . We may see
this exemplified in mankind : the child , let him be free from pain , and gratified in
...
But as age advances , every thing seems to wither , • the senses are disgusted
with their old entertainments , • and existence turns flat and insipid . We may see
this exemplified in mankind : the child , let him be free from pain , and gratified in
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| Title | “The” Spectator ... Volume 8 of “The” Spectator |
| Publisher | J. Wood, 1761 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 9 Sep 2019 |
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