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Page 53
His wars at feveral times until the • last peace have held about 20 years ; and if
40,000 yearly loft , or a fifth part of his armies , are to • be multiplied by 20 , he
cannot have loft less than • 800,000 of his old subjects , and all able - bodied
men ; a ...
His wars at feveral times until the • last peace have held about 20 years ; and if
40,000 yearly loft , or a fifth part of his armies , are to • be multiplied by 20 , he
cannot have loft less than • 800,000 of his old subjects , and all able - bodied
men ; a ...
Page 69
This has been the fate of my paper on the inatch of grinning , which has already
produced a second paper on parallel subjects , and brought me the fola lowing
letter by the last post . I thall not premise any thing to it farther , than that it is built
...
This has been the fate of my paper on the inatch of grinning , which has already
produced a second paper on parallel subjects , and brought me the fola lowing
letter by the last post . I thall not premise any thing to it farther , than that it is built
...
Page 158
But it is too soon to confirm sit with my hand , therefore shall not subscribe my
name . ' 1 « SIR , THERE Here were other Gentlemen nearer , and I know no
necessity you were under to take up that flippant creature's fan last night ; but you
shall ...
But it is too soon to confirm sit with my hand , therefore shall not subscribe my
name . ' 1 « SIR , THERE Here were other Gentlemen nearer , and I know no
necessity you were under to take up that flippant creature's fan last night ; but you
shall ...
Page 168
... good , or , knowing it , pursue . VRYDEN . N my last Saturday's paper I laid
down fome thoughts upon devotion in general , and shall here shew what were
the notions of the most refined heathens on this subject , as they are represented
...
... good , or , knowing it , pursue . VRYDEN . N my last Saturday's paper I laid
down fome thoughts upon devotion in general , and shall here shew what were
the notions of the most refined heathens on this subject , as they are represented
...
Page 182
his last satire , where they have endeavoured to expose the sex in general ,
without doing justice to the valuable part of it . Such levelling satires are of no use
to the world , and for this reason I have often wondered how the French author ...
his last satire , where they have endeavoured to expose the sex in general ,
without doing justice to the valuable part of it . Such levelling satires are of no use
to the world , and for this reason I have often wondered how the French author ...
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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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