The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... seems to have carried Matters so far , that she is ripe for asking Advice ; but as I would not lose her Goodwill , nor forfeit the Reputation which I have with her for Wisdom , I shall only communicate the Letter to the Publick ...
... seems to have carried Matters so far , that she is ripe for asking Advice ; but as I would not lose her Goodwill , nor forfeit the Reputation which I have with her for Wisdom , I shall only communicate the Letter to the Publick ...
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... seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads . Seneca and Montaigne are Patterns for Writing in this last Kind , as Tully and Aristotle excel in the other . When I read an Author of Genius who writes without ...
... seem to grow out of one another , and be disposed under the proper Heads . Seneca and Montaigne are Patterns for Writing in this last Kind , as Tully and Aristotle excel in the other . When I read an Author of Genius who writes without ...
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... seem to be of its own producing . There is another Circumstance in which I am very particular , or , as my Neighbours call me , very whimsical As my Garden invites into it all the Birds of the Country , by offering them the Conveniency ...
... seem to be of its own producing . There is another Circumstance in which I am very particular , or , as my Neighbours call me , very whimsical As my Garden invites into it all the Birds of the Country , by offering them the Conveniency ...
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... seem'd so considerable , that it was proposed to have a Repository builded for Fashions , as there are Chambers for Medals and other Rarities . The building may be shap'd as that which stands among the Pyramids , in the Form of a ...
... seem'd so considerable , that it was proposed to have a Repository builded for Fashions , as there are Chambers for Medals and other Rarities . The building may be shap'd as that which stands among the Pyramids , in the Form of a ...
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... seems , was contented with his Condition , had formerly been in the King's Service , but at the writing the following Letter , had , from Leisure and Reflection , quite another Sense of Things than that which he had in the more active ...
... seems , was contented with his Condition , had formerly been in the King's Service , but at the writing the following Letter , had , from Leisure and Reflection , quite another Sense of Things than that which he had in the more active ...
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