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In the other Kind of Writing , it is sufficient that I have several Thoughts on a
Subject , without troubling my self to range them in such Order , that they may
seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads .
Seneca ...
In the other Kind of Writing , it is sufficient that I have several Thoughts on a
Subject , without troubling my self to range them in such Order , that they may
seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads .
Seneca ...
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When a Man has plann'd his Discourse , he finds a great many Thoughts rising
out of every Head , that do not offer themselves upon the general Survey of a
Subject . His Thoughts are at the same Time more intelligible , and better
discover ...
When a Man has plann'd his Discourse , he finds a great many Thoughts rising
out of every Head , that do not offer themselves upon the general Survey of a
Subject . His Thoughts are at the same Time more intelligible , and better
discover ...
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Sir , AVING lately read your Essay on the Pleasures of so upon some of our
English Gardens , that I cannot forbear troubling you with a Letter upon that
Subject . I am one , you must know , who am looked upon as an Humorist in
Gardening I ...
Sir , AVING lately read your Essay on the Pleasures of so upon some of our
English Gardens , that I cannot forbear troubling you with a Letter upon that
Subject . I am one , you must know , who am looked upon as an Humorist in
Gardening I ...
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It gives us a great Insight into the Contrivance and Wisdom of Providence , and
suggests innumerable Subjects for Meditation . cannot but think the very
complacency and Satisfaction which a Man takes in these Works of Nature , to be
a ...
It gives us a great Insight into the Contrivance and Wisdom of Providence , and
suggests innumerable Subjects for Meditation . cannot but think the very
complacency and Satisfaction which a Man takes in these Works of Nature , to be
a ...
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Such Things as these we cou'd recollect to have happen'd to our own Knowledge
so very often , that we concluded the Author had his Reasons , who advises his
Son to go in Dress rather above his Fortune than under it . At last the Subject ...
Such Things as these we cou'd recollect to have happen'd to our own Knowledge
so very often , that we concluded the Author had his Reasons , who advises his
Son to go in Dress rather above his Fortune than under it . At last the Subject ...
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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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