The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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... thoughts bang at beft in a state of doubtfulness and uncer- tainty ; and are never capable of receiving any fa- tisfaction on the advantageous fide ; fo that his in- quiries are moft fuccefsful when they discover no- thing . His ...
... thoughts bang at beft in a state of doubtfulness and uncer- tainty ; and are never capable of receiving any fa- tisfaction on the advantageous fide ; fo that his in- quiries are moft fuccefsful when they discover no- thing . His ...
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... thoughts must be employed on another ; and if fad , fhe is certainly thinking on himself . In fhort , there is no word or gefture fo infignificant , but it gives him new hints , feeds his fufpicions , and furnishes him with fresh ...
... thoughts must be employed on another ; and if fad , fhe is certainly thinking on himself . In fhort , there is no word or gefture fo infignificant , but it gives him new hints , feeds his fufpicions , and furnishes him with fresh ...
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... 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 is it a won- der if fhe who fuffers wrongfully ...
... 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 is it a won- der if fhe who fuffers wrongfully ...
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... thoughts upon . their wives .. A fecond fort of men , who are most liable to this paffion , are thofe of cunning , wary , and ... thought . They put a conftruction on a look , and find out a defign in a fmile ; they give new fenfes and ...
... thoughts upon . their wives .. A fecond fort of men , who are most liable to this paffion , are thofe of cunning , wary , and ... thought . They put a conftruction on a look , and find out a defign in a fmile ; they give new fenfes and ...
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... thoughts been feasonably called off from fo fad an object by publick ftorms , which at that time very nearly treatened him . No 172. MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 . L Non folum fcientia , quĉ eft remota a juftitia , callidi- tas potius quam ...
... thoughts been feasonably called off from fo fad an object by publick ftorms , which at that time very nearly treatened him . No 172. MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 17 . L Non folum fcientia , quĉ eft remota a juftitia , callidi- tas potius quam ...
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