The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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... thing . His pleafure arifes from his difappointments , and his life is fpent in purfuit of a fecret that de- ftroys his happinefs if he chance to find it . An ardent love is always a ftrong ingredient in this paffion ; for the fame ...
... thing . His pleafure arifes from his difappointments , and his life is fpent in purfuit of a fecret that de- ftroys his happinefs if he chance to find it . An ardent love is always a ftrong ingredient in this paffion ; for the fame ...
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... thing that the would not otherwise perhaps have thought of , and fills her imagination with fuch an unlucky idea , as in time grows fami- liar , excites defire , and lofes all the fhame and hor- ror which might at first attend it . Nor ...
... thing that the would not otherwise perhaps have thought of , and fills her imagination with fuch an unlucky idea , as in time grows fami- liar , excites defire , and lofes all the fhame and hor- ror which might at first attend it . Nor ...
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... thing that looks young or gay turns their thoughts upon . their wives .. A fecond fort of men , who are most liable ... things , than these great refiners upon in- cidents , who are fo wonderfully fubtle and over- wife in their ...
... thing that looks young or gay turns their thoughts upon . their wives .. A fecond fort of men , who are most liable ... things , than these great refiners upon in- cidents , who are fo wonderfully fubtle and over- wife in their ...
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... thing like it in the polar circle . Our own nation is very temperately fituated in this refpect ; and if we meet with fome few difordered with the violence of this paffion , they are not the proper growth of our country , but are many ...
... thing like it in the polar circle . Our own nation is very temperately fituated in this refpect ; and if we meet with fome few difordered with the violence of this paffion , they are not the proper growth of our country , but are many ...
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... thing in which he himself does not excel . A jea- lous man is very quick in his applications , he knows how to find a double edge in an invective , and to draw a fatire on himself out of a panegyrick on another . He does not trouble ...
... thing in which he himself does not excel . A jea- lous man is very quick in his applications , he knows how to find a double edge in an invective , and to draw a fatire on himself out of a panegyrick on another . He does not trouble ...
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