The Spectator, Volume 5George Atherton Aitken G. Routledge, 1898 - English essays |
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Page 11
... never promises what she is not able to perform , so she never fails of performing what she promises . But the misfortune is , men despise what they may be masters of , and affect what they are not fit for ; they reckon themselves ...
... never promises what she is not able to perform , so she never fails of performing what she promises . But the misfortune is , men despise what they may be masters of , and affect what they are not fit for ; they reckon themselves ...
Page 190
... never end but in shame , and the ruin of all corre- spondence , I never after transgressed . Can your cour- tiers , who take bribes , or your lawyers or physicians in their practice , or even the divines who intermeddle in worldly ...
... never end but in shame , and the ruin of all corre- spondence , I never after transgressed . Can your cour- tiers , who take bribes , or your lawyers or physicians in their practice , or even the divines who intermeddle in worldly ...
Page 191
... never knew any , except my wives for my reader must know , and it is what he may confide in as an excellent recipe , that the love of business and money is the greatest mortifier of inordinate desires imaginable , as employing the mind ...
... never knew any , except my wives for my reader must know , and it is what he may confide in as an excellent recipe , that the love of business and money is the greatest mortifier of inordinate desires imaginable , as employing the mind ...
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