The Spectator, Volumes 3-4Dent, 1930 |
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Page 211
... proper Times and Places , and turns them to the Advantage of the Person who is possessed of them . Without it Learning is Pedantry , and Wit Impertinence ; Virtue it self looks like Weakness ; the best Parts only qualifie a Man to be ...
... proper Times and Places , and turns them to the Advantage of the Person who is possessed of them . Without it Learning is Pedantry , and Wit Impertinence ; Virtue it self looks like Weakness ; the best Parts only qualifie a Man to be ...
Page 212
... proper Happiness of his Nature , and the ultimate Design of his Being , He carries his Thoughts to the End of every Action , and considers the most distant as well as the most immediate Effects of it . He supercedes every little ...
... proper Happiness of his Nature , and the ultimate Design of his Being , He carries his Thoughts to the End of every Action , and considers the most distant as well as the most immediate Effects of it . He supercedes every little ...
Page 235
... proper to be determined in such Cases for the future . ' Mr. SPECTATOR , There is an elderly Person , lately left off Business and settled in our Town , in order , as he thinks , to retire from the World ; but he has brought with him ...
... proper to be determined in such Cases for the future . ' Mr. SPECTATOR , There is an elderly Person , lately left off Business and settled in our Town , in order , as he thinks , to retire from the World ; but he has brought with him ...
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