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Page 18
When a man is thoroughly perfuaded that he ought neither to admire , with for , or
pursue any thing but what is exactly his duty , it is not in the power of seafons ,
persons or accidents , to diminish his value . He only is a great man who can ...
When a man is thoroughly perfuaded that he ought neither to admire , with for , or
pursue any thing but what is exactly his duty , it is not in the power of seafons ,
persons or accidents , to diminish his value . He only is a great man who can ...
Page 87
What makes the love of popular or general praise ftilt more ridiculous , is , that it is
usually given for circumstances which are foreign to the persons admired . Thus
they are the ordinary attendants on power and riches , which may be taken out ...
What makes the love of popular or general praise ftilt more ridiculous , is , that it is
usually given for circumstances which are foreign to the persons admired . Thus
they are the ordinary attendants on power and riches , which may be taken out ...
Page 185
... inverted ambition of that man who can hope for 6 annihilation , and please
himself to think that his whole fabrick shall one day cruinble into dust , • and mix
with the mass of inanimate beings , that it equally deserves our admiration and
pity .
... inverted ambition of that man who can hope for 6 annihilation , and please
himself to think that his whole fabrick shall one day cruinble into dust , • and mix
with the mass of inanimate beings , that it equally deserves our admiration and
pity .
Page 232
What this correspondent wonders at , has been matter of admiration ever since
there was any such thing as human life . Horace reflects upon this inconsistency
very agreeably in the character of Tigellius , whom he makes a mighty pretender
...
What this correspondent wonders at , has been matter of admiration ever since
there was any such thing as human life . Horace reflects upon this inconsistency
very agreeably in the character of Tigellius , whom he makes a mighty pretender
...
Page 250
As I now fit and recollect the warm images which the admirable Raphael has
raised , it is impossible even from the faint traces in one's memory of what one
has not seen these two years , to be unmoved at the horror and reverence which
...
As I now fit and recollect the warm images which the admirable Raphael has
raised , it is impossible even from the faint traces in one's memory of what one
has not seen these two years , to be unmoved at the horror and reverence which
...
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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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