The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... Admiration is one of our moft pleafing Paffions ; and what a perpetual Succeffion of Enjoy- ments will be afforded to both thefe , in a Scene fo large and various as fhall then be laid open to our View in the Society of fuperior Spirits ...
... Admiration is one of our moft pleafing Paffions ; and what a perpetual Succeffion of Enjoy- ments will be afforded to both thefe , in a Scene fo large and various as fhall then be laid open to our View in the Society of fuperior Spirits ...
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... admired , and looks upon the Commen- dations paid to another as a Detraction from his Merit , and an Attempt to lef- fen the Superiority he affects ; but by this very Method , he beftows fuch Praise as can never be suspected of Flat ...
... admired , and looks upon the Commen- dations paid to another as a Detraction from his Merit , and an Attempt to lef- fen the Superiority he affects ; but by this very Method , he beftows fuch Praise as can never be suspected of Flat ...
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... ' tor upon Heroick Virtue in comm Life , which may incite Men to t fame generous Inclinations , as have by 6 this admirable Perfon been fhewn to ,, • and raised this No 240. The SPECTATOR . 37 of the good Man when he fpoke to ...
... ' tor upon Heroick Virtue in comm Life , which may incite Men to t fame generous Inclinations , as have by 6 this admirable Perfon been fhewn to ,, • and raised this No 240. The SPECTATOR . 37 of the good Man when he fpoke to ...
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this admirable Perfon been fhewn to ,, • and raised in , SIR , Your bumble Servant , Mr. SPECTATOR , Am a Country Gentleman , of a good plentiful Eftate , and live as the reft " of my Neighbours with great Hofpi- ' tality . I have been ...
this admirable Perfon been fhewn to ,, • and raised in , SIR , Your bumble Servant , Mr. SPECTATOR , Am a Country Gentleman , of a good plentiful Eftate , and live as the reft " of my Neighbours with great Hofpi- ' tality . I have been ...
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... related to them of a different Cha- racter ; and it is very obfervable , that none are more ftruck with the Charms of Virtue in the fair Sex , than those who រ who by their very Admiration of it are carried to 58 The SPECTATOR . N ° 243 .
... related to them of a different Cha- racter ; and it is very obfervable , that none are more ftruck with the Charms of Virtue in the fair Sex , than those who រ who by their very Admiration of it are carried to 58 The SPECTATOR . N ° 243 .
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