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... That ber cause we would shew a particular Respect to Foreigners , which may
induce them to perfect their Breeding here in a Knowledge which is very proper
for pretty Gentlemen , we have conceived the Motto for the House in the learned ...
... That ber cause we would shew a particular Respect to Foreigners , which may
induce them to perfect their Breeding here in a Knowledge which is very proper
for pretty Gentlemen , we have conceived the Motto for the House in the learned ...
Page 276
Horace in my Motto says , that all Men are vicious , and that they differ from one
another , only as they are more or less so Boileau has given the same Account of
our Wisdom as Horace has of our Virtue . Tous les hommes sont fous et , malgré
...
Horace in my Motto says , that all Men are vicious , and that they differ from one
another , only as they are more or less so Boileau has given the same Account of
our Wisdom as Horace has of our Virtue . Tous les hommes sont fous et , malgré
...
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... Horace has carried this Thought a great deal further in the Motto of my Paper ,
which implies that the Hardships or Misfortunes we lie under , are more easy to
us than those of any other Person would be , in case we could change
Conditions ...
... Horace has carried this Thought a great deal further in the Motto of my Paper ,
which implies that the Hardships or Misfortunes we lie under , are more easy to
us than those of any other Person would be , in case we could change
Conditions ...
Page 93
HERE is a certain Distemper , which is mentioned with in the London Dispensary
, Juvenal , in the Motto of my Paper , terms it a Cacoethes ; which is a hard Word
for a Disease called in plain English , the Itch of Writing This Cacoethes is as ...
HERE is a certain Distemper , which is mentioned with in the London Dispensary
, Juvenal , in the Motto of my Paper , terms it a Cacoethes ; which is a hard Word
for a Disease called in plain English , the Itch of Writing This Cacoethes is as ...
Page 115
Thus have I contended for the Dignity of that Nature I have the Honour to partake
of , and , after all the Evidence produced , think I have a Right to conclude ,
against the Motto of this Paper , that there is such a thing as Generosity in the
World .
Thus have I contended for the Dignity of that Nature I have the Honour to partake
of , and , after all the Evidence produced , think I have a Right to conclude ,
against the Motto of this Paper , that there is such a thing as Generosity in the
World .
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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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