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Page 51
A Man who has a good nose at an innuendo , smells treafon and fedition in the
most innocent words that can be put together , and never sees a vice or folly
stigmatized , but finds out one or other of his acquaintance pointed at by the
writer .
A Man who has a good nose at an innuendo , smells treafon and fedition in the
most innocent words that can be put together , and never sees a vice or folly
stigmatized , but finds out one or other of his acquaintance pointed at by the
writer .
Page 68
... desired me to reserve every thing in my own hands : but now my acquaintance
began to wish me * joy of his conftancy ... but lived ' in constant fear of them all :
my good genius dictated to me to bring him acquainted with Dr Gruel ; from that ...
... desired me to reserve every thing in my own hands : but now my acquaintance
began to wish me * joy of his conftancy ... but lived ' in constant fear of them all :
my good genius dictated to me to bring him acquainted with Dr Gruel ; from that ...
Page 116
THIS , says my teacher , is a female heart of your acquaintance . I found the
fomes in it : of the largest size , and of a hundred different colours , which were •
ftill varying every moment . Upon my asking to whom • it belonged , I was
informed that ...
THIS , says my teacher , is a female heart of your acquaintance . I found the
fomes in it : of the largest size , and of a hundred different colours , which were •
ftill varying every moment . Upon my asking to whom • it belonged , I was
informed that ...
Page 194
... feeing him in all public comp.?n ; ' , where he s is always molt industriously
spiteful . lle datii , in short , « told all his acquaintance of our unhappy afdir ; they
o tell theirs ; so that it is no secret among his companions , « which are numerous
.
... feeing him in all public comp.?n ; ' , where he s is always molt industriously
spiteful . lle datii , in short , « told all his acquaintance of our unhappy afdir ; they
o tell theirs ; so that it is no secret among his companions , « which are numerous
.
Page 240
Moralists have long since observed • it to be the source of admiration , which
leffens in proportion to our familiarity with objects , and upon a thorough
acquaintance is utterly extinguished . But I think it hath not been so commonly
remarked ...
Moralists have long since observed • it to be the source of admiration , which
leffens in proportion to our familiarity with objects , and upon a thorough
acquaintance is utterly extinguished . But I think it hath not been so commonly
remarked ...
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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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