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LA TERWARDS made several essays towards speaking ; and that I miglit not be
stirtlıd at my own voice , which has happened to me more then once , I used to
read aloud in my channel , and have often stood in the middle of the street to call
a ...
LA TERWARDS made several essays towards speaking ; and that I miglit not be
stirtlıd at my own voice , which has happened to me more then once , I used to
read aloud in my channel , and have often stood in the middle of the street to call
a ...
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They call ' thee and thy subjects barbarians , because we speak what we mean ;
and account themselves a civilized people , • because they speak one thing , and
mean another : truth they call barbarity , and falsehood politeness . Upon my ...
They call ' thee and thy subjects barbarians , because we speak what we mean ;
and account themselves a civilized people , • because they speak one thing , and
mean another : truth they call barbarity , and falsehood politeness . Upon my ...
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... be a fortune - teller properly speaking . ... In short , Sir , my case • has been
something like that of those discreet animals * the monkeys , who , as the Indians
tell us , can speak if they 6 6 • they woulil , but purposely avoid it , No. 560 .
... be a fortune - teller properly speaking . ... In short , Sir , my case • has been
something like that of those discreet animals * the monkeys , who , as the Indians
tell us , can speak if they 6 6 • they woulil , but purposely avoid it , No. 560 .
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Let me only advise thee to speak like other men , ' for I am afraid thou wilt be very
queer , if thou doft * not intend to use the phrases in fashion , as thou callest ' Vol .
VIII , C thera 6 ¢ • them in thy second paper . Hast thou a No. 560 .
Let me only advise thee to speak like other men , ' for I am afraid thou wilt be very
queer , if thou doft * not intend to use the phrases in fashion , as thou callest ' Vol .
VIII , C thera 6 ¢ • them in thy second paper . Hast thou a No. 560 .
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t at length , though they speak of them with honour , and with that deference
which is due to them from every private perfon . It gives a secret satisfaction to a
peruser of thefe mysterious works , that he is able to decipher them without help ,
and ...
t at length , though they speak of them with honour , and with that deference
which is due to them from every private perfon . It gives a secret satisfaction to a
peruser of thefe mysterious works , that he is able to decipher them without help ,
and ...
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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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