The Spectator, Volume 2Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele J. Tonson, 1724 |
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Page 52
... several Daggers , Poniards , Wheels , Bowls for Poison , and many other Inftruments of Death . Murders and Executions are always tranfacted behind the Scenes in the French Theatre : which in general is very agreeable to the Manners of a ...
... several Daggers , Poniards , Wheels , Bowls for Poison , and many other Inftruments of Death . Murders and Executions are always tranfacted behind the Scenes in the French Theatre : which in general is very agreeable to the Manners of a ...
Page 83
... with a Refolu- tion to be aware of them for the fu- " ture . But alas ! to my Sorrow I now understand , that I have several Follies which I do not know the Root of . I am an old Fellow , and extreamly ' troubled N ° 48. The SPECTATOR . 83.
... with a Refolu- tion to be aware of them for the fu- " ture . But alas ! to my Sorrow I now understand , that I have several Follies which I do not know the Root of . I am an old Fellow , and extreamly ' troubled N ° 48. The SPECTATOR . 83.
Page 146
... several Chil- dren . This Couple were fo famous for their Love and Conftancy to one ano- ther , that the Indians to this Day , when they give a married Man Joy of his Wife , with that they may live toge- ther like Marraton and Yaratilda ...
... several Chil- dren . This Couple were fo famous for their Love and Conftancy to one ano- ther , that the Indians to this Day , when they give a married Man Joy of his Wife , with that they may live toge- ther like Marraton and Yaratilda ...
Page 157
... several Kinds of it as they have prevailed in different Ages of the World . This I think the more neceffary at present , be- caufe I obferved there were Attempts on foot laft Winter to revive fome of those antiquated Modes of Wit that ...
... several Kinds of it as they have prevailed in different Ages of the World . This I think the more neceffary at present , be- caufe I obferved there were Attempts on foot laft Winter to revive fome of those antiquated Modes of Wit that ...
Page 158
... several Pieces which have lived very near as long as the Iliad it felf : I mean those fhort Poems printed among the minor Greek Poets , which resemble the Figure of an Egg , a Pair of Wings , an Ax , a Shepherd's Pipe , and an Altar ...
... several Pieces which have lived very near as long as the Iliad it felf : I mean those fhort Poems printed among the minor Greek Poets , which resemble the Figure of an Egg , a Pair of Wings , an Ax , a Shepherd's Pipe , and an Altar ...
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