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Page 22
The prize it seems fell at length upon a cobler , Giles Gorgon by name , who
produced several new grins of his own invention , having been used to cut faces
for many years together over his laft . At the very first grin he cast every human ...
The prize it seems fell at length upon a cobler , Giles Gorgon by name , who
produced several new grins of his own invention , having been used to cut faces
for many years together over his laft . At the very first grin he cast every human ...
Page 91
The writer of it seems very much concerned left that paper should seem to give
encouragement to the disobedience of children towards their parents ; but if the
writer of it will take the pains to read it over again attentively , I dare say his ...
The writer of it seems very much concerned left that paper should seem to give
encouragement to the disobedience of children towards their parents ; but if the
writer of it will take the pains to read it over again attentively , I dare say his ...
Page 298
Plato expreffes his abhorrence of some fables of the poets , which seem to reflect
on the gods as the authors of injustice ; and lays it down as a principle , That
whatever is permitted to befal a juft man , whether poverty , fickness , or any of
those ...
Plato expreffes his abhorrence of some fables of the poets , which seem to reflect
on the gods as the authors of injustice ; and lays it down as a principle , That
whatever is permitted to befal a juft man , whether poverty , fickness , or any of
those ...
Page 347
mirth arising from objects that perhaps cause fomething like pity or displeafure in
higher natures . Laughter is indeed a very good counterpoise to the fpleen ; and it
seems but reasonable that we should be capable of receiving joy from what is ...
mirth arising from objects that perhaps cause fomething like pity or displeafure in
higher natures . Laughter is indeed a very good counterpoise to the fpleen ; and it
seems but reasonable that we should be capable of receiving joy from what is ...
Page 353
... that fine part of our constitution seems as much the * receptacle and feat of our
paffions , appetites and . inclinations as the mind itself ; and at least is the
outward portal to introduce them to the house * within , or rather the common
thorough ...
... that fine part of our constitution seems as much the * receptacle and feat of our
paffions , appetites and . inclinations as the mind itself ; and at least is the
outward portal to introduce them to the house * within , or rather the common
thorough ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 3 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | John Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2011 |
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