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Page 185
consider there are creatures capable of thought , who , in spite of every argument
, can form to • themselves a fullen fatisfaction in thinking other• wife . There is
something so pitifully mean in the • inverted ambition of that man who can hope
for ...
consider there are creatures capable of thought , who , in spite of every argument
, can form to • themselves a fullen fatisfaction in thinking other• wife . There is
something so pitifully mean in the • inverted ambition of that man who can hope
for ...
Page 186
I fhall not pursue this thought farther , but only add , That as annihilation is not to
be had « with a wish , so it is the moft abject thing in the • world to wish it . What
are honour , fame , • wealth , or power , when compared with the generous ...
I fhall not pursue this thought farther , but only add , That as annihilation is not to
be had « with a wish , so it is the moft abject thing in the • world to wish it . What
are honour , fame , • wealth , or power , when compared with the generous ...
Page 227
By this means I meet with some celebrated thought upon it , or a thought of my
own expreffed in better words , or some fimilitude for the illuf . tration of my
subject . This is what gives birth to the motto of a fpeculation , which I rather
chuse to take ...
By this means I meet with some celebrated thought upon it , or a thought of my
own expreffed in better words , or some fimilitude for the illuf . tration of my
subject . This is what gives birth to the motto of a fpeculation , which I rather
chuse to take ...
Page 290
It has been obferved , his blow is so well timed , that the most judicious critick
could not except against it . As foon as any shining thought is expressed in the
poet , or an uncommon grace appears in the actor , he smites the bench or
wainscot .
It has been obferved , his blow is so well timed , that the most judicious critick
could not except against it . As foon as any shining thought is expressed in the
poet , or an uncommon grace appears in the actor , he smites the bench or
wainscot .
Page 294
The bitterness of his replies , and the severity of his frowns to the tendereft of
wives , clearly demonfirate , that an ill - grounded fear of being thought too
fubmiffivč , is at the bottom of this , as I am " willing to call it , affected moroseness
; but if it ...
The bitterness of his replies , and the severity of his frowns to the tendereft of
wives , clearly demonfirate , that an ill - grounded fear of being thought too
fubmiffivč , is at the bottom of this , as I am " willing to call it , affected moroseness
; but if it ...
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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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