The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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... observation of an excellence in thofe we converfe with , until we have taken fome notice , or received fome good in- formation of the difpofition of their minds ; other- wife the beauty of their perfons , or the charms of their wit ...
... observation of an excellence in thofe we converfe with , until we have taken fome notice , or received fome good in- formation of the difpofition of their minds ; other- wife the beauty of their perfons , or the charms of their wit ...
Page 117
... observation · which I have often made , upon reading the lives of the philofophers , and comparing them with any feries of kings or great men of the fame number . If we confider thefe ancient fages , a great part of whofe philofophy ...
... observation · which I have often made , upon reading the lives of the philofophers , and comparing them with any feries of kings or great men of the fame number . If we confider thefe ancient fages , a great part of whofe philofophy ...
Page 298
... observe how agreeable this maxim is to what we find delivered by a greater authority . Seneca has written a dif- courfe purpofely on this fubject , in which he takes pains , after the doctrine of the Stoicks , to fhew that adverfity is ...
... observe how agreeable this maxim is to what we find delivered by a greater authority . Seneca has written a dif- courfe purpofely on this fubject , in which he takes pains , after the doctrine of the Stoicks , to fhew that adverfity is ...
Page 347
... observe that the vainest part of mankind are the most addicted to this paf- fion . I have read a fermon of a conventual in the church of Rome , on thofe words of the wife man , I faid of laughter , it is mad ; and of mirth , what does ...
... observe that the vainest part of mankind are the most addicted to this paf- fion . I have read a fermon of a conventual in the church of Rome , on thofe words of the wife man , I faid of laughter , it is mad ; and of mirth , what does ...
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