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Page 83
I can bring • certificates that i behave myself soberly before company , and I hope
there is at least some merit in withdrawing to be mad . Look you , Sir , I am
contented to be • esteemed little touched , as they phrase it , but should • be sorry
to ...
I can bring • certificates that i behave myself soberly before company , and I hope
there is at least some merit in withdrawing to be mad . Look you , Sir , I am
contented to be • esteemed little touched , as they phrase it , but should • be sorry
to ...
Page 118
Now we will allow Mr Hobbes to know best how he was inclined : but , in earnest ,
I should be heartily out of conceit with myself , if I thought myself of this unamiable
temper , as he affirms , and should have as little kindness for myself as for any ...
Now we will allow Mr Hobbes to know best how he was inclined : but , in earnest ,
I should be heartily out of conceit with myself , if I thought myself of this unamiable
temper , as he affirms , and should have as little kindness for myself as for any ...
Page 144
You must know then , Sir , • that even from my childhood , the most prevailing incli
• nation I could perceive in myself , was a strong desire to • be in favour with the
fair sex . I am at present in the one and twentieth year of my age , and should ...
You must know then , Sir , • that even from my childhood , the most prevailing incli
• nation I could perceive in myself , was a strong desire to • be in favour with the
fair sex . I am at present in the one and twentieth year of my age , and should ...
Page 203
6 s 6 ' Now , Sir , finding I was incapacitated to amuse myself on that pleasing
subject , I resolved to apply myself to you , or your casuistical agent , for advice in
my present circumstances . I am sensible the tincture of my skin , ' and the ...
6 s 6 ' Now , Sir , finding I was incapacitated to amuse myself on that pleasing
subject , I resolved to apply myself to you , or your casuistical agent , for advice in
my present circumstances . I am sensible the tincture of my skin , ' and the ...
Page 244
I have • directed one walk to be made for two persons , where I promise ten
thousand satisfactions to myself in your conversation . I already take my
evening's turn in it , and have worn a path upon the hedge of this little alley ,
while I • foothed ...
I have • directed one walk to be made for two persons , where I promise ten
thousand satisfactions to myself in your conversation . I already take my
evening's turn in it , and have worn a path upon the hedge of this little alley ,
while I • foothed ...
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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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