The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... has been sufficiently obedient to that of others , these Entertainments would be governed with more good Sense , and consequently with more good Breeding , than at present they are . Indeed where No. 474 . Wednes day , Sept. 3 , 1712 3 any.
... has been sufficiently obedient to that of others , these Entertainments would be governed with more good Sense , and consequently with more good Breeding , than at present they are . Indeed where No. 474 . Wednes day , Sept. 3 , 1712 3 any.
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... Entertainment of these fine Observers Shakespear has described to consist In talking of the Alps and Apennines , The Pyrenæn , and the River Po . And then concludes with a Sigh , Now this is worshipful Society . I would not be thought ...
... Entertainment of these fine Observers Shakespear has described to consist In talking of the Alps and Apennines , The Pyrenæn , and the River Po . And then concludes with a Sigh , Now this is worshipful Society . I would not be thought ...
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... Entertainment to one less turn'd to re flection than I was ; but it was a pleasing Speculation to remark on the Happiness of a Life , in which Things of no Moment give Occasion of Hope , Self - Satisfaction , and Triumph . On the other ...
... Entertainment to one less turn'd to re flection than I was ; but it was a pleasing Speculation to remark on the Happiness of a Life , in which Things of no Moment give Occasion of Hope , Self - Satisfaction , and Triumph . On the other ...
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... Entertainment to the Ladies , as a Salver of Sweetmeats , I shall conclude this Paper with an Epigram lately sent to the Writer of the Spectator , after having returned my Thanks to the ingenious Author of it . ' Sir , Having heard the ...
... Entertainment to the Ladies , as a Salver of Sweetmeats , I shall conclude this Paper with an Epigram lately sent to the Writer of the Spectator , after having returned my Thanks to the ingenious Author of it . ' Sir , Having heard the ...
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... Entertainment would end in the Repre sentation of the Rape of the Sabines . I would not be understood in this Talk to argue , that Nothing is tolerable on the Stage but what has an immediate Tendency to the Promotion of Virtue , On the ...
... Entertainment would end in the Repre sentation of the Rape of the Sabines . I would not be understood in this Talk to argue , that Nothing is tolerable on the Stage but what has an immediate Tendency to the Promotion of Virtue , On the ...
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