The Spectator, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1791 |
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... to those virtues that are peculiar to your sex ; follow your natural 6 modesty , and think it your greatest commendation not « to be talked of one way or other . ! C. a NO 82 . MONDAY , June 4 . - . 10 THE SPECTATOR . N ° 83 .
... to those virtues that are peculiar to your sex ; follow your natural 6 modesty , and think it your greatest commendation not « to be talked of one way or other . ! C. a NO 82 . MONDAY , June 4 . - . 10 THE SPECTATOR . N ° 83 .
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... greatest masters that are dead . On the fide of the living , I saw several persons bufy in drawing , colouring , and designing ; on the side of the dead painters , I could not discover more than one person at work , who was exceeding ...
... greatest masters that are dead . On the fide of the living , I saw several persons bufy in drawing , colouring , and designing ; on the side of the dead painters , I could not discover more than one person at work , who was exceeding ...
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... greatest concern in what manner to demean himself . The king , who had a quick discerning , relieved him from the oppression he was un • der ; and with the most beautiful complacency , said to • him , ' “ Sir , do not add to that load ...
... greatest concern in what manner to demean himself . The king , who had a quick discerning , relieved him from the oppression he was un • der ; and with the most beautiful complacency , said to • him , ' “ Sir , do not add to that load ...
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... greatest of all evils ; what avail laws , when , « death only attends the breach of them , and shame obe“ dience to them ? As for me , oh Pharamond , were it “ poflibie to describe the nameless kind of compunctions " and tendernesses I ...
... greatest of all evils ; what avail laws , when , « death only attends the breach of them , and shame obe“ dience to them ? As for me , oh Pharamond , were it “ poflibie to describe the nameless kind of compunctions " and tendernesses I ...
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... greatest of the Latin poets has made use of upon a parallel occafion ; I mean that passage in Horace , where he describes himself , when he was a child , fallen alleep in a desert wood , and covered with leaves by the turtles that took ...
... greatest of the Latin poets has made use of upon a parallel occafion ; I mean that passage in Horace , where he describes himself , when he was a child , fallen alleep in a desert wood , and covered with leaves by the turtles that took ...
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