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Page 15
He rod foon after her death grew melancholy and dejected , retiring from the
publick administration of affairs into a solitary forest , and there abandoning
himself to all the black considerations , which naturally arise from a paflion made
up of ...
He rod foon after her death grew melancholy and dejected , retiring from the
publick administration of affairs into a solitary forest , and there abandoning
himself to all the black considerations , which naturally arise from a paflion made
up of ...
Page 18
Thefe exalted fpirits would rather be fecretly the authors of events which are
serviceable to mankind , than , with : out being such , to have the publick fame of
it , Where therefore an eminent merit is robbed by artifice or detraction , it does
but ...
Thefe exalted fpirits would rather be fecretly the authors of events which are
serviceable to mankind , than , with : out being such , to have the publick fame of
it , Where therefore an eminent merit is robbed by artifice or detraction , it does
but ...
Page 32
What I would humbly.propose to the publick is , that there may be a fociety
erected in London , to ' consist of the most ikilful persons of both sexes , s for the
Inspection of modes and fashions ; and that • hereafter no person or persons
shall ...
What I would humbly.propose to the publick is , that there may be a fociety
erected in London , to ' consist of the most ikilful persons of both sexes , s for the
Inspection of modes and fashions ; and that • hereafter no person or persons
shall ...
Page 48
What I have here said is not only in regard to the publick , but with an eye to my
particular correspondent , who has sent me the following letter , which I have
castrated in some places upon these confiderations . SIR , tune 6 6 : HAving
lately ...
What I have here said is not only in regard to the publick , but with an eye to my
particular correspondent , who has sent me the following letter , which I have
castrated in some places upon these confiderations . SIR , tune 6 6 : HAving
lately ...
Page 139
As I have always at heart the publick good , so I am ever contriving schemes to
promote it ; and I think I may without vanity pretend to have contrived some as
wise as any of the castle - builders . I had no sooner given up my former project ...
As I have always at heart the publick good , so I am ever contriving schemes to
promote it ; and I think I may without vanity pretend to have contrived some as
wise as any of the castle - builders . I had no sooner given up my former project ...
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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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