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Page 54
Nor does this vice only betray the hidden faults of a man , and show them in the
most odious colours , but often occasions faults to which he is not naturally
subject . There is more of turn than of truth in a saying of Seneca , That
drunkenness ...
Nor does this vice only betray the hidden faults of a man , and show them in the
most odious colours , but often occasions faults to which he is not naturally
subject . There is more of turn than of truth in a saying of Seneca , That
drunkenness ...
Page 96
... and in two foregoing letters , treated o on the most serious subject that can
employ the mind of * man , the omnipresence of the Deity ; a subject which , • if
possible , should never depart from our meditations . " We have considered the
divine ...
... and in two foregoing letters , treated o on the most serious subject that can
employ the mind of * man , the omnipresence of the Deity ; a subject which , • if
possible , should never depart from our meditations . " We have considered the
divine ...
Page 104
Upon the foregoing considerations , I can scarce forbear representing the subject
of this paper as a kind of moral virtue : which , as I have already shewn ,
recommends itself likewise by the pleasure that attends it . It must be confessed ,
that ...
Upon the foregoing considerations , I can scarce forbear representing the subject
of this paper as a kind of moral virtue : which , as I have already shewn ,
recommends itself likewise by the pleasure that attends it . It must be confessed ,
that ...
Page 206
But not to ramble from this subject , there are two things in which consists chiefly
the glory of a widow ; the love of her deceased husband , and the care of her
children : to which may be added a third , arising out of the former , such a
prudent ...
But not to ramble from this subject , there are two things in which consists chiefly
the glory of a widow ; the love of her deceased husband , and the care of her
children : to which may be added a third , arising out of the former , such a
prudent ...
Page 218
The poet surprises us with his pomp , and seems rather betrayed into his subject ,
than to have aimed at it by design . He appears , like the visit of a king incognito ,
with a mixture of familiarity and grandeur . In works of this kind , when the ...
The poet surprises us with his pomp , and seems rather betrayed into his subject ,
than to have aimed at it by design . He appears , like the visit of a king incognito ,
with a mixture of familiarity and grandeur . In works of this kind , when the ...
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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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