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Page 13
With these Qualifica tions Tom sets up for a Free - thinker , finds a great many
Things to blame in the Constitution of his Country , and gives shrewd Intimations
that he does not believe another World . In short , Puzzle is an Atheist as much as
...
With these Qualifica tions Tom sets up for a Free - thinker , finds a great many
Things to blame in the Constitution of his Country , and gives shrewd Intimations
that he does not believe another World . In short , Puzzle is an Atheist as much as
...
Page 42
... Phrase is ) which they deserve , is to reckon every particular Acquisition of
Knowledge in this Study as a real Increase of their Fortune ; and fully to believe ,
that one Day this imaginary Gain will certainly be made out by one more
substantial .
... Phrase is ) which they deserve , is to reckon every particular Acquisition of
Knowledge in this Study as a real Increase of their Fortune ; and fully to believe ,
that one Day this imaginary Gain will certainly be made out by one more
substantial .
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Mr. SPECTATOR , Lord Clarendon has observ'd , That few Men have done more
Harm than those who have been thought to be able to do least , and there cannot
be a greater Error , than to believe a Mau whom we see qualified with too mean ...
Mr. SPECTATOR , Lord Clarendon has observ'd , That few Men have done more
Harm than those who have been thought to be able to do least , and there cannot
be a greater Error , than to believe a Mau whom we see qualified with too mean ...
Page 54
That several such Divinations have been made , none can question who believes
the Holy Writings , or who has but the least Degree of a common historical Faith ,
there being in numerable Instances of this Nature in several Authors , both ...
That several such Divinations have been made , none can question who believes
the Holy Writings , or who has but the least Degree of a common historical Faith ,
there being in numerable Instances of this Nature in several Authors , both ...
Page 78
If we may believe our Logicians , Man is distinguished from all other Creatures ,
by the Faculty of Laughter . He has an Heart capable of Mirth , and naturally
disposed to it . It is not the Business of Virtue to extirpate the Affections of the
Mind ...
If we may believe our Logicians , Man is distinguished from all other Creatures ,
by the Faculty of Laughter . He has an Heart capable of Mirth , and naturally
disposed to it . It is not the Business of Virtue to extirpate the Affections of the
Mind ...
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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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