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Page 4
His thoughts bang at best in a state of doubtfulness and uncertainty ; and are
never capable of receiving any fatisfaction on the advantageous fide ; fo that his
inquiries are most successful when they discover nothing . His pleasure arises
from ...
His thoughts bang at best in a state of doubtfulness and uncertainty ; and are
never capable of receiving any fatisfaction on the advantageous fide ; fo that his
inquiries are most successful when they discover nothing . His pleasure arises
from ...
Page 18
But converfation is fallen fo low in point of morality , that as they fay in a bargain ,
Let the buyer look to it ; fo in friendship , he is the man in danger who is most apt
to believe : He is the more likely to suffer in the commerce , who begins with the ...
But converfation is fallen fo low in point of morality , that as they fay in a bargain ,
Let the buyer look to it ; fo in friendship , he is the man in danger who is most apt
to believe : He is the more likely to suffer in the commerce , who begins with the ...
Page 74
For this reason we find , that most of the massacres and devastations , which
have been in the world , have taken their rise from a furious pretended zeal . I
love to see a man zealous in a good matter , and especially when his zeal shews
itself ...
For this reason we find , that most of the massacres and devastations , which
have been in the world , have taken their rise from a furious pretended zeal . I
love to see a man zealous in a good matter , and especially when his zeal shews
itself ...
Page 75
... if possible , more absurd than atheism itself . Since I have mentioned this
unaccountable zeal which appears in atheists and infidels , I must farther observe
that they are likewise in a most particular manner pofseffed with the spirit of
bigotry .
... if possible , more absurd than atheism itself . Since I have mentioned this
unaccountable zeal which appears in atheists and infidels , I must farther observe
that they are likewise in a most particular manner pofseffed with the spirit of
bigotry .
Page 90
If the reader has a mind to see a father of the same stamp represented in the
most exquisite strokes of humour , he may meet with it in one of the finest
comedies that ever appeared upon the English ftage : I mean the part of Sir
Sampfon in ...
If the reader has a mind to see a father of the same stamp represented in the
most exquisite strokes of humour , he may meet with it in one of the finest
comedies that ever appeared upon the English ftage : I mean the part of Sir
Sampfon in ...
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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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