“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 59
... person , fo vicious who had not fome good in him , nor any person fo virtuous who had not in him fome evil . The truth of it is , they generally found upon fearch , that in the most vicious man Pleafure might lay a claim to an hundredth ...
... person , fo vicious who had not fome good in him , nor any person fo virtuous who had not in him fome evil . The truth of it is , they generally found upon fearch , that in the most vicious man Pleafure might lay a claim to an hundredth ...
Page 167
... PERSON therefore who is poffeffed with fuch an ha- bitual good intention , as that which I have been here peaking of , enters upon no fingular circumftance of life , without confidering it as well - pleafing to the great Author of his ...
... PERSON therefore who is poffeffed with fuch an ha- bitual good intention , as that which I have been here peaking of , enters upon no fingular circumftance of life , without confidering it as well - pleafing to the great Author of his ...
Page 179
... persons who ' are represented in it , and whofe characters are frequent e- nough in the world . 5-6 " 6 · 6 MR SPECTATOR , N fome of your firft papers you were pleafed to give we the public a very diverting account of feveral clubs and ...
... persons who ' are represented in it , and whofe characters are frequent e- nough in the world . 5-6 " 6 · 6 MR SPECTATOR , N fome of your firft papers you were pleafed to give we the public a very diverting account of feveral clubs and ...
Page 272
... person of a much more finiflied character , who is defective in this particular . THE two great ornaments of virtue , which fhew her in the most advantageous views , and make her altogether lovely , are chearfulness and good - nature ...
... person of a much more finiflied character , who is defective in this particular . THE two great ornaments of virtue , which fhew her in the most advantageous views , and make her altogether lovely , are chearfulness and good - nature ...
Page 291
... persons the most ac- complished in ridicule are those who are very fhrewd at hitting a blot , without exerting any thing mafterly in them- felves . As there are many eminent critics who never writ a good line , there are many admirable ...
... persons the most ac- complished in ridicule are those who are very fhrewd at hitting a blot , without exerting any thing mafterly in them- felves . As there are many eminent critics who never writ a good line , there are many admirable ...
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