“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 12
... ourselves the fecureft nation in the world . Moft of our garrets are inhabited by ftatefinen , who watch over the liberties of their country , and make a shift to keep themfelves from starving , by taking into their care the properties ...
... ourselves the fecureft nation in the world . Moft of our garrets are inhabited by ftatefinen , who watch over the liberties of their country , and make a shift to keep themfelves from starving , by taking into their care the properties ...
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... ourselves the chit - chat club , and am ordered by the whole fifterhood to congratulate you upon the ufe of your < tongue . We have all of us a mighty mind to hear you talk , and if you will take your place among us for an evening , we ...
... ourselves the chit - chat club , and am ordered by the whole fifterhood to congratulate you upon the ufe of your < tongue . We have all of us a mighty mind to hear you talk , and if you will take your place among us for an evening , we ...
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as it is poffible there may be fuch a fenfe in ourselves here- after , or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves . We fee many ftars by the help of glaffes , which we do not discover with our naked eyes ; and the ...
as it is poffible there may be fuch a fenfe in ourselves here- after , or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves . We fee many ftars by the help of glaffes , which we do not discover with our naked eyes ; and the ...
Page 74
... ourselves , without being able to make any altera- tion in our circumstances ; others , that whatever evil be- fals us is derived to us by a fatal neceffity , to which the gods themselves are fubject ; while others very gravely tell the ...
... ourselves , without being able to make any altera- tion in our circumstances ; others , that whatever evil be- fals us is derived to us by a fatal neceffity , to which the gods themselves are fubject ; while others very gravely tell the ...
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... ourselves happy ? or , in other words , whether we should endeavour to fecure to ourselves the pleasures and grati- fications of a life which is uncertain and precarious , and at its utmost length of a very inconfiderable duration ; or ...
... ourselves happy ? or , in other words , whether we should endeavour to fecure to ourselves the pleasures and grati- fications of a life which is uncertain and precarious , and at its utmost length of a very inconfiderable duration ; or ...
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