The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... Character of a Good - natured , Honest and Accomplished Gen- tleman . But fuch Repre- fentations give my Rea- der an Idea of a Perfon blameless only , or only laudable 4 laudable for fuch Perfe- ctions as extend no farther than The ...
... Character of a Good - natured , Honest and Accomplished Gen- tleman . But fuch Repre- fentations give my Rea- der an Idea of a Perfon blameless only , or only laudable 4 laudable for fuch Perfe- ctions as extend no farther than The ...
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... Defire of fome Quality we are not poffeffed of , or Inclination to be fomething we are not , which are the Caufes of our giving our felves up to that that Man , who bestows upon us the Characters and N ° 238. The SPECTATOR .
... Defire of fome Quality we are not poffeffed of , or Inclination to be fomething we are not , which are the Caufes of our giving our felves up to that that Man , who bestows upon us the Characters and N ° 238. The SPECTATOR .
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that Man , who bestows upon us the Characters and Qualities of others ; which perhaps fuit us as ill , and were as little defign'd for our wearing , as their Cloaths . Inftead of going out of our own complectional Nature into that of ...
that Man , who bestows upon us the Characters and Qualities of others ; which perhaps fuit us as ill , and were as little defign'd for our wearing , as their Cloaths . Inftead of going out of our own complectional Nature into that of ...
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... Character Tully has left of him , car- ries Matters fo far , that he would not callow any one but a virtuous Man to be handfome . This indeed looks more like a Philofophical Rant , than the real O- pinion of a wife Man ; yet this was ...
... Character Tully has left of him , car- ries Matters fo far , that he would not callow any one but a virtuous Man to be handfome . This indeed looks more like a Philofophical Rant , than the real O- pinion of a wife Man ; yet this was ...
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... Characters of those who do not agree with them . How many Pro- bity , and exemplary Virtue , on either Side , are blackned and defamed ? How many Men of Honour expofed to pub- lick Obloquy and Reproach ? Those therefore who are either ...
... Characters of those who do not agree with them . How many Pro- bity , and exemplary Virtue , on either Side , are blackned and defamed ? How many Men of Honour expofed to pub- lick Obloquy and Reproach ? Those therefore who are either ...
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