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Page 48
... which a dilcreet author in modesty suppresses ; how many ftrokes of rallery
present themselves , which could not fail to please the ordinary taste of mankind ,
but are stified in their birth by reason of some remote tendency which they carry
in ...
... which a dilcreet author in modesty suppresses ; how many ftrokes of rallery
present themselves , which could not fail to please the ordinary taste of mankind ,
but are stified in their birth by reason of some remote tendency which they carry
in ...
Page 59
... some consultations upon the matter , prevailed upon him to let her carry him
through the snow upon her own fhoulders ... when upon looking through the
window he perceived his daughter tottering under her burden , and carrying his
first mi ...
... some consultations upon the matter , prevailed upon him to let her carry him
through the snow upon her own fhoulders ... when upon looking through the
window he perceived his daughter tottering under her burden , and carrying his
first mi ...
Page 74
Every profelyte is like a new argument for the establishment of his faith .; It makes
him believe that his principles carry conviction with them , and are the more likely
to be true , when he finds they are conformable to the reason of others , as well ...
Every profelyte is like a new argument for the establishment of his faith .; It makes
him believe that his principles carry conviction with them , and are the more likely
to be true , when he finds they are conformable to the reason of others , as well ...
Page 115
... and carried him home to his friends , as one who was running into imminent
danger , had not he prevented him . What would that philofopher have said , had
he been present at the gluttony of a modern meal ? Would not he have thought
the ...
... and carried him home to his friends , as one who was running into imminent
danger , had not he prevented him . What would that philofopher have said , had
he been present at the gluttony of a modern meal ? Would not he have thought
the ...
Page 125
In short , I observed that the defire of victory , whetted with the little prejudices of
party and interest , generally carried the argu :ment to fuch a height , as made the
difputants infensibly conceive an aversion towards each other , and part with the
...
In short , I observed that the defire of victory , whetted with the little prejudices of
party and interest , generally carried the argu :ment to fuch a height , as made the
difputants infensibly conceive an aversion towards each other , and part with the
...
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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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