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I wish , my generous Prince , as it is in your Power to give Honours and Offices , it
were also to give Talents suitable to them : Were it so , the noble Pharamond
would reward the Zeal of my Youth with Abilities to do him Service in my Age .
I wish , my generous Prince , as it is in your Power to give Honours and Offices , it
were also to give Talents suitable to them : Were it so , the noble Pharamond
would reward the Zeal of my Youth with Abilities to do him Service in my Age .
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Uncommon Methods , apparently undertaken to attain worthy Ends , would never
make Power invidious . You see , Sir , I talk to you with the Freedom your noble
Nature approves in all whom you admit to your Conversation But , to return to ...
Uncommon Methods , apparently undertaken to attain worthy Ends , would never
make Power invidious . You see , Sir , I talk to you with the Freedom your noble
Nature approves in all whom you admit to your Conversation But , to return to ...
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I know the Printing this Letter would point me out to those I want Confidence to
speak to , and I hope it is not in your Power to refuse making any Body happy .
September 9 , Yours , & c . 1712 . M , DA · T No. 481 . ( ADDISON . ] Thursday ...
I know the Printing this Letter would point me out to those I want Confidence to
speak to , and I hope it is not in your Power to refuse making any Body happy .
September 9 , Yours , & c . 1712 . M , DA · T No. 481 . ( ADDISON . ] Thursday ...
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When Folly or Superstition strike in with this natural Depravity of Temper , it is not
in the Power , even of Religion it self , to preserve the Character of the Person
who is possessed with it , from appearing highly absurd and ridiculous . An old ...
When Folly or Superstition strike in with this natural Depravity of Temper , it is not
in the Power , even of Religion it self , to preserve the Character of the Person
who is possessed with it , from appearing highly absurd and ridiculous . An old ...
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Our old English Monks seldom let any of their Kings depart in Peace , who had
endeavoured to diminish the Power or Wealth of which the Ecclesiasticks were in
those Times possessed . William the Conqueror's Race generally found their ...
Our old English Monks seldom let any of their Kings depart in Peace , who had
endeavoured to diminish the Power or Wealth of which the Ecclesiasticks were in
those Times possessed . William the Conqueror's Race generally found their ...
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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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