The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... cover , or intro- duce the Talents of a skil- ful Minifter . BUT your Abilities have not appear'd only in one Nation . When it was your Province to Act as Her A 4 Ma- Majefty's Minister at the Court of Savoy , at that The Dedication .
... cover , or intro- duce the Talents of a skil- ful Minifter . BUT your Abilities have not appear'd only in one Nation . When it was your Province to Act as Her A 4 Ma- Majefty's Minister at the Court of Savoy , at that The Dedication .
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... appear yet more reasonable , if we confider hu- mane Life as a State of Probation , and Adverfity as the Poft of Honour in it , affigned often to the best and most fe- lect Spirits . BUT what I would chiefly infift on here , is , that ...
... appear yet more reasonable , if we confider hu- mane Life as a State of Probation , and Adverfity as the Poft of Honour in it , affigned often to the best and most fe- lect Spirits . BUT what I would chiefly infift on here , is , that ...
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... appear'd at t'other Door : " Here he affected to furvey the whole House , bow'd and fmil'd at random , and then fhew'd his Teeth ( which were fome of them indeed very white :) After this he retir'd behind the Cur- tain , and obliged us ...
... appear'd at t'other Door : " Here he affected to furvey the whole House , bow'd and fmil'd at random , and then fhew'd his Teeth ( which were fome of them indeed very white :) After this he retir'd behind the Cur- tain , and obliged us ...
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... beautiful themfelves , and en- " deavour to detract from or ridicule eve- 66 ry thing that appears fo in others . " Now , Sir , this Sect , as I have been told , east ha told , is very frequent in the great 66 The SPECTATOR . N ° 2441.
... beautiful themfelves , and en- " deavour to detract from or ridicule eve- 66 ry thing that appears fo in others . " Now , Sir , this Sect , as I have been told , east ha told , is very frequent in the great 66 The SPECTATOR . N ° 2441.
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... appear , either as they are feen by the naked Eye , or more diftinct , though fome- what lefs than Life , or bigger and nearer . A Perfon may , by the help of this Invention , take a View of another , without the Impertinence of Staring ...
... appear , either as they are feen by the naked Eye , or more diftinct , though fome- what lefs than Life , or bigger and nearer . A Perfon may , by the help of this Invention , take a View of another , without the Impertinence of Staring ...
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