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If any of the neighbouring Gentlemen , not of our Turn , should take it in their
Heads to visit me , I should look upon these Persons in the same Degree
Enemies to my particular State of Happiness , as ever the French were to that of
the Publick ...
If any of the neighbouring Gentlemen , not of our Turn , should take it in their
Heads to visit me , I should look upon these Persons in the same Degree
Enemies to my particular State of Happiness , as ever the French were to that of
the Publick ...
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In the other Kind of Writing , it is sufficient that I have several Thoughts on a
Subject , without troubling my self to range them in such Order , that they may
seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads .
Seneca ...
In the other Kind of Writing , it is sufficient that I have several Thoughts on a
Subject , without troubling my self to range them in such Order , that they may
seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads .
Seneca ...
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When a Man has plann'd his Discourse , he finds a great many Thoughts rising
out of every Head , that do not offer themselves upon the general Survey of a
Subject . His Thoughts are at the same Time more intelligible , and better
discover ...
When a Man has plann'd his Discourse , he finds a great many Thoughts rising
out of every Head , that do not offer themselves upon the general Survey of a
Subject . His Thoughts are at the same Time more intelligible , and better
discover ...
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In short , Dry is a Man of a ciear methodical Head but few Words , and gains the
same Advantage over Puzzle , that a small Body of regular Troops would gain
over a numberless undisci plined Militia с Saturday No. 477. No. 477 . Saturday .
In short , Dry is a Man of a ciear methodical Head but few Words , and gains the
same Advantage over Puzzle , that a small Body of regular Troops would gain
over a numberless undisci plined Militia с Saturday No. 477. No. 477 . Saturday .
Page 18
He was very nice in his Way , and fond of having every thing shewn , which at first
made me very uneasy , but as his Humour still continu'd , the things which I had
been staring at along with him began to fill my Head , and led me into a Set of ...
He was very nice in his Way , and fond of having every thing shewn , which at first
made me very uneasy , but as his Humour still continu'd , the things which I had
been staring at along with him began to fill my Head , and led me into a Set of ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays [no. 164-167] The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Contributor | George Gregory Smith |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2014 |
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