The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... look down from Heaven , and fee Cato amidst the Ruins of his Country preferving his Integrity . THIS Thought will appear yet more reasonable , if we confider hu- mane Life as a State of Probation , and Adverfity as the Poft of Honour in ...
... look down from Heaven , and fee Cato amidst the Ruins of his Country preferving his Integrity . THIS Thought will appear yet more reasonable , if we confider hu- mane Life as a State of Probation , and Adverfity as the Poft of Honour in ...
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... look down on the Plain below . At the Foot of the Mountain there if- fued out a clear Spring of Water , at which a Soldier alighted from his Horfe to drink . He was no fooner gone , than a little Boy came to the fame Place , and finding ...
... look down on the Plain below . At the Foot of the Mountain there if- fued out a clear Spring of Water , at which a Soldier alighted from his Horfe to drink . He was no fooner gone , than a little Boy came to the fame Place , and finding ...
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... 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- tery . His ...
... 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- tery . His ...
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... looks pleased , and a fweet Smile " fits in the charming Space which di- " vides her Lips . One would . fwear " that Voice and Speech were issuing 66 out , and that one's Ears felt the me- " lodious Sound . How often have I , " deceived ...
... looks pleased , and a fweet Smile " fits in the charming Space which di- " vides her Lips . One would . fwear " that Voice and Speech were issuing 66 out , and that one's Ears felt the me- " lodious Sound . How often have I , " deceived ...
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... look'd upon as Popifh Refinements upon the old : Heathen Logick . There is another way of Reasoning , which feldom fails , though it be of a quite different nature to that I have last mentioned . I mean , convincing a Man by ready Money ...
... look'd upon as Popifh Refinements upon the old : Heathen Logick . There is another way of Reasoning , which feldom fails , though it be of a quite different nature to that I have last mentioned . I mean , convincing a Man by ready Money ...
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