The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... fame time vaftly encreased , without any Satisfaction afforded to them . In thefe , the vain Purfuit of Knowledge fhall , perhaps , add to their Infelicity , and bewilder them in Labyrinths of Er- ror , Darkness , Diftraction and Uncer ...
... fame time vaftly encreased , without any Satisfaction afforded to them . In thefe , the vain Purfuit of Knowledge fhall , perhaps , add to their Infelicity , and bewilder them in Labyrinths of Er- ror , Darkness , Diftraction and Uncer ...
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... fame Place , and finding a Purfe of Gold which the Sol- dier had dropped , took it up and went away with it . Immediately after this came an infirm old Man , weary with Age and Travelling , and having quench- ed his Thirft , fat down to ...
... fame Place , and finding a Purfe of Gold which the Sol- dier had dropped , took it up and went away with it . Immediately after this came an infirm old Man , weary with Age and Travelling , and having quench- ed his Thirft , fat down to ...
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... fame time give him Immortality , and receive it themselves for a Reward : Both are peased , the one whilft he receives the Recompence of Merit , the other whilft he fhews he knows how to discern it ; but above all , that Man is happy in ...
... fame time give him Immortality , and receive it themselves for a Reward : Both are peased , the one whilft he receives the Recompence of Merit , the other whilft he fhews he knows how to discern it ; but above all , that Man is happy in ...
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... of Pigmalion and the Statue in Ovid : Some of the Thoughts are of the fame turn , and the whole is writ- ' ten in a kind of Poetical Profe . Philo N Philopinax to Chromation . EVER was a Man more 26 The SPECTATOR . No 238 .
... of Pigmalion and the Statue in Ovid : Some of the Thoughts are of the fame turn , and the whole is writ- ' ten in a kind of Poetical Profe . Philo N Philopinax to Chromation . EVER was a Man more 26 The SPECTATOR . No 238 .
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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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