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Page 78
Addison , I a REMEMBER a young man of very lively parts , and of a sprightly turn
in conversation , who had only one fault , which was an inordinate desire of
appearing fashionable . This ran him into many amours , and consequently into ...
Addison , I a REMEMBER a young man of very lively parts , and of a sprightly turn
in conversation , who had only one fault , which was an inordinate desire of
appearing fashionable . This ran him into many amours , and consequently into ...
Page 97
The public however is not to expect I should let them into all my secrets ; and
though I appear abstruse to moft people " it is sufficient if I am understood by my
particular correspondents . My well - wisher Van Nath is very arch , but not quite ...
The public however is not to expect I should let them into all my secrets ; and
though I appear abstruse to moft people " it is sufficient if I am understood by my
particular correspondents . My well - wisher Van Nath is very arch , but not quite ...
Page 177
... I have duly weighed this important subject , and promise myself , from the
arguments here laid down , that all the fine ladies of England will be ready , as
soon as their mourning is . over , to appear covered with the work of their own
hands .
... I have duly weighed this important subject , and promise myself , from the
arguments here laid down , that all the fine ladies of England will be ready , as
soon as their mourning is . over , to appear covered with the work of their own
hands .
Page 216
When blasing leaves appear above their head , And into , branching flames their
bodies spread , Whilst real thunder splits the firmament , And heav'ns whole roof
in one vast cleft is rent , The three - fork'd tongue amidst the rupture lolls , Then ...
When blasing leaves appear above their head , And into , branching flames their
bodies spread , Whilst real thunder splits the firmament , And heav'ns whole roof
in one vast cleft is rent , The three - fork'd tongue amidst the rupture lolls , Then ...
Page 228
You have there tokea notice , that virtuc in obfcurity of' ten appears more illuliious
in the cye of superior beings , than all that ... itatesmen , or commanders , they
appear to us Itripped of those outide ornaments that dazzled their contemporaries
...
You have there tokea notice , that virtuc in obfcurity of' ten appears more illuliious
in the cye of superior beings , than all that ... itatesmen , or commanders , they
appear to us Itripped of those outide ornaments that dazzled their contemporaries
...
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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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