The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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... enter tain its readers in general , without giving of- fence to any particular perfon , it would be difficult to find out fo proper a patron for it as yourself , there being none whofe merit is more univerfally acknowledged by all ...
... enter tain its readers in general , without giving of- fence to any particular perfon , it would be difficult to find out fo proper a patron for it as yourself , there being none whofe merit is more univerfally acknowledged by all ...
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... enter into it . But thofe men only are truly great , who place their ambition rather in acquiring to themfelves the confcience of worthy enterprifes , than in the pro- fpect of glory which attends them . Thefe exalted fpirits would ...
... enter into it . But thofe men only are truly great , who place their ambition rather in acquiring to themfelves the confcience of worthy enterprifes , than in the pro- fpect of glory which attends them . Thefe exalted fpirits would ...
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... flone weight , if fourteen hands high ; if above or under to ca ry or be allowed weight for inches , and to be entered Friday the fifth , at the Swan in Coleshill , } Colefhill , before fix in the evening . Also No 173 . THE SPECTATOR.
... flone weight , if fourteen hands high ; if above or under to ca ry or be allowed weight for inches , and to be entered Friday the fifth , at the Swan in Coleshill , } Colefhill , before fix in the evening . Also No 173 . THE SPECTATOR.
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... entered the lifts , was a black fwarthy French- man , who accidentally paffed that way , and being a man naturally of a withered look , and hard fea- tures , promifed himself good fuccefs . He was placed upon a table in the great point ...
... entered the lifts , was a black fwarthy French- man , who accidentally paffed that way , and being a man naturally of a withered look , and hard fea- tures , promifed himself good fuccefs . He was placed upon a table in the great point ...
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... enter into that nature of affection itself , and tell us , according to your philofophy , why it is that our Dears fhould do what they will with us , fhall be froward , ill - na- tured , affuming , fometimes whine , at others · • rail ...
... enter into that nature of affection itself , and tell us , according to your philofophy , why it is that our Dears fhould do what they will with us , fhall be froward , ill - na- tured , affuming , fometimes whine , at others · • rail ...
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