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... natured , Honest and Accomplished Gentleman , But such Representations
give my Reader an Idea of a Person blameless only , or only laudable for such
Perfections as extend no farther than to his own private Advantage and
Reputation .
... natured , Honest and Accomplished Gentleman , But such Representations
give my Reader an Idea of a Person blameless only , or only laudable for such
Perfections as extend no farther than to his own private Advantage and
Reputation .
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I love to see every Thing in its Perfection , and am more pleased to survey my
Rows of Colworts and Cabbages , with a thousand nameless Pot - herbs ,
springing up in their full Fragrancy and Verdure , than to see the tender Plants of
Foreign ...
I love to see every Thing in its Perfection , and am more pleased to survey my
Rows of Colworts and Cabbages , with a thousand nameless Pot - herbs ,
springing up in their full Fragrancy and Verdure , than to see the tender Plants of
Foreign ...
Page 26
... am got into Tales to the Disadvantage of that State of Life . I must say therefore
, that I am verily perswaded that whatever is delightful in humane Life , is to be
enjoyed in greater Perfection in the marry'd , than in the single Condition He that
...
... am got into Tales to the Disadvantage of that State of Life . I must say therefore
, that I am verily perswaded that whatever is delightful in humane Life , is to be
enjoyed in greater Perfection in the marry'd , than in the single Condition He that
...
Page 52
... her Sports and Recreations , when she has laid her Charge asleep In the
Second Place , Dreams are an Instance of that Agility and Perfection which is
natural to the Faculties of the Mind , when they are disengaged from the Body .
The Soul ...
... her Sports and Recreations , when she has laid her Charge asleep In the
Second Place , Dreams are an Instance of that Agility and Perfection which is
natural to the Faculties of the Mind , when they are disengaged from the Body .
The Soul ...
Page 54
There seems something in this Consideration that intimates to us a natural
Grandeur and Perfection in the Soul , which is rather to be admired than
explained . I must not omit that Argument for the Excellency of the Soul , which I
have seen ...
There seems something in this Consideration that intimates to us a natural
Grandeur and Perfection in the Soul , which is rather to be admired than
explained . I must not omit that Argument for the Excellency of the Soul , which I
have seen ...
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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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