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Page 38
This is usually pleaded in defence of all those hardships which fall on particular
persons in particular occasions , which could not be foreseen when a law was
made . To . remedy this however as much as possible , the court of chancery was
...
This is usually pleaded in defence of all those hardships which fall on particular
persons in particular occasions , which could not be foreseen when a law was
made . To . remedy this however as much as possible , the court of chancery was
...
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 104
Every reader who is acquainted with Homer , Virgil , and Horace , the greateit
genuises of all antiquity , knows very well with how . much rapture they have
spoken on this subject ; and that Virgil in particular has written a whole book on
the art ...
Every reader who is acquainted with Homer , Virgil , and Horace , the greateit
genuises of all antiquity , knows very well with how . much rapture they have
spoken on this subject ; and that Virgil in particular has written a whole book on
the art ...
Page 151
... that for the benefit of mankind he had Trophonius's care in his possession ;
which , says he , would contribute more to the reformation of manners than all the
workhouses and Bridewells in E24rope . We have a very particular defcription of
...
... that for the benefit of mankind he had Trophonius's care in his possession ;
which , says he , would contribute more to the reformation of manners than all the
workhouses and Bridewells in E24rope . We have a very particular defcription of
...
Page 157
We are likewise to take notice , that every particular faculty is capable of being
employed on a very great variety of obje & ts . The understanding , for example ,
may be happy is the contemplation of moral , natural , mathematical , and other ...
We are likewise to take notice , that every particular faculty is capable of being
employed on a very great variety of obje & ts . The understanding , for example ,
may be happy is the contemplation of moral , natural , mathematical , and other ...
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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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