The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... proper Situation to judge of the Coun- fels by which Providence acts , fince but little arrives at our Knowledge , and even that little we difcern imperfectly ; or , according to the elegant Figure in Holy Writ , We fee but in part ...
... proper Situation to judge of the Coun- fels by which Providence acts , fince but little arrives at our Knowledge , and even that little we difcern imperfectly ; or , according to the elegant Figure in Holy Writ , We fee but in part ...
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... proper particularly to entertain . This he did with fo good a Grace and Af furance , that it is taken for the pre- " fent Fashion ; and there is no young Gentlewoman within feveral : Miles of this Place has been kiffed ever fince his ...
... proper particularly to entertain . This he did with fo good a Grace and Af furance , that it is taken for the pre- " fent Fashion ; and there is no young Gentlewoman within feveral : Miles of this Place has been kiffed ever fince his ...
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... proper Ingredients for a Sack - Poffet , you should hear a Difpute concerning the magnetical Virtue of the Load- ftone , or perhaps the Preffure of the Atmosphere : Their Language is pc- culiar to themselves , and they scorn to exprefs ...
... proper Ingredients for a Sack - Poffet , you should hear a Difpute concerning the magnetical Virtue of the Load- ftone , or perhaps the Preffure of the Atmosphere : Their Language is pc- culiar to themselves , and they scorn to exprefs ...
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... proper and effectual Means to gain the Love and Efteem of Mankind . WE learn from Hierocles , it was a common Saying among the Heathens , that the wife Man hates no Body , but only loves the Virtuous . TULLY has a very beautiful Gra ...
... proper and effectual Means to gain the Love and Efteem of Mankind . WE learn from Hierocles , it was a common Saying among the Heathens , that the wife Man hates no Body , but only loves the Virtuous . TULLY has a very beautiful Gra ...
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... proper and diftinguishing Business of their Character ; and , as ' tis faid of eyil Spirits , that they are apt to car- ry away a Piece of the House they are about to leave , the Apes , without re- gard to common Mercy , Civility , or ...
... proper and diftinguishing Business of their Character ; and , as ' tis faid of eyil Spirits , that they are apt to car- ry away a Piece of the House they are about to leave , the Apes , without re- gard to common Mercy , Civility , or ...
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