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... by a yearly Relief of my undeservedly necessitous Neighbours , and by treating
my Friends and Domesticks with an Humanity that should express the Obligation
to lie rather on my Side ; and as for the Word Singular , I was always of Opinion ...
... by a yearly Relief of my undeservedly necessitous Neighbours , and by treating
my Friends and Domesticks with an Humanity that should express the Obligation
to lie rather on my Side ; and as for the Word Singular , I was always of Opinion ...
Page 45
That Things and Persons of no Moment should give such powerful Revolutions to
the Progress of those of the greatest , seems a providential Disposition to baffle
and abate the Pride of humane Sufficiency as also , to engage the Humanity and
...
That Things and Persons of no Moment should give such powerful Revolutions to
the Progress of those of the greatest , seems a providential Disposition to baffle
and abate the Pride of humane Sufficiency as also , to engage the Humanity and
...
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I shall consider this Subject in another Light , as Dreams may give us some Idea
of the great Excellency of an Human Soul , and some Intimation of its
Independency on Matter . In the first Place , our Dreams are great Instances of
that Activity ...
I shall consider this Subject in another Light , as Dreams may give us some Idea
of the great Excellency of an Human Soul , and some Intimation of its
Independency on Matter . In the first Place , our Dreams are great Instances of
that Activity ...
Page 65
The Prince himself was a Person of singular Humanity and Justice . Rhynsault ,
with no other real Quality than Courage , had Dissimulation enough to pass upon
his generous and unsuspicious Master for a Person of blunt Honesty and Fidelity
...
The Prince himself was a Person of singular Humanity and Justice . Rhynsault ,
with no other real Quality than Courage , had Dissimulation enough to pass upon
his generous and unsuspicious Master for a Person of blunt Honesty and Fidelity
...
Page 67
... were but so many Attitudes in which he beheld her Beauty , and further
Incentives of his Desire , All Humanity was lost in that one Appetite , and he
signified to her in so many plain Terms , That he was unhappy ' till he had
possess'd her ...
... were but so many Attitudes in which he beheld her Beauty , and further
Incentives of his Desire , All Humanity was lost in that one Appetite , and he
signified to her in so many plain Terms , That he was unhappy ' till he had
possess'd her ...
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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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