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Page 12
... are at the same Time more intelligible , and better discover their Drift and
Meaning , when they are placed in their proper Lights , and follow one another in
a regular Series , than when they are thrown together without Order and
Connexion .
... are at the same Time more intelligible , and better discover their Drift and
Meaning , when they are placed in their proper Lights , and follow one another in
a regular Series , than when they are thrown together without Order and
Connexion .
Page 18
... because their original Fault of being founded upon Vanity , keeps them poor by
the light Inconstancy of its Nature . The Variableness of Fashion turns the Stream
of Business , which flows from it now into one Channel , and anon into another ...
... because their original Fault of being founded upon Vanity , keeps them poor by
the light Inconstancy of its Nature . The Variableness of Fashion turns the Stream
of Business , which flows from it now into one Channel , and anon into another ...
Page 23
This cannot be supported but by considering Things in their right Light , and as
Nature has formed them , and not as our own Fancies or Appetites would have
them . He then who took a young Lady to his Bed , with no other consideration
than ...
This cannot be supported but by considering Things in their right Light , and as
Nature has formed them , and not as our own Fancies or Appetites would have
them . He then who took a young Lady to his Bed , with no other consideration
than ...
Page 36
It aggravates the Evil to him who suffers , when he looks upon himself as the
Mark of Divine Vengeance , and abates the Compassion of those towards him ,
who regard him in so dreadful a Light This Humour of turning every Misfortune
into a ...
It aggravates the Evil to him who suffers , when he looks upon himself as the
Mark of Divine Vengeance , and abates the Compassion of those towards him ,
who regard him in so dreadful a Light This Humour of turning every Misfortune
into a ...
Page 48
But I am going to desire your further Favour in Behalf of our harmless
Brotherhood , and hope you will shew in a true Light the unmarried Hen - peck'd
as well as you have done Justice to us , who submit to the Conduct of our Wives .
I am very ...
But I am going to desire your further Favour in Behalf of our harmless
Brotherhood , and hope you will shew in a true Light the unmarried Hen - peck'd
as well as you have done Justice to us , who submit to the Conduct of our Wives .
I am very ...
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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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