The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... tion , cuts him short with a What then ? We allow all this to be true , but what is it to our present Purpose ? I have known Tom eloquent Half an Hour together , and triumphing as he thought , in the Superiority of the Argu ment , when ...
... tion , cuts him short with a What then ? We allow all this to be true , but what is it to our present Purpose ? I have known Tom eloquent Half an Hour together , and triumphing as he thought , in the Superiority of the Argu ment , when ...
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... tion of sharp Answers , eager Upbraidings , and distracting Reproaches . In a Word , the married State , with and without the Affection suitable to it , is the compleatest Image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this ...
... tion of sharp Answers , eager Upbraidings , and distracting Reproaches . In a Word , the married State , with and without the Affection suitable to it , is the compleatest Image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this ...
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... thus imposed upon by me : I will therefore confess to you , that frequent Solitude , and long Conversa tion with such who know no Arts which polish Life , have made 1712 . No. 480 . Wednes day , Sept. 10 , 1712 THE SPECTATOR 27.
... thus imposed upon by me : I will therefore confess to you , that frequent Solitude , and long Conversa tion with such who know no Arts which polish Life , have made 1712 . No. 480 . Wednes day , Sept. 10 , 1712 THE SPECTATOR 27.
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... tion in putting such a Construction upon a Misfortune , is this , That it is impossible for us to know what are Calamities and what are Blessings . How many Acci dents have passed for Misfortunes , which have turned to the Welfare and ...
... tion in putting such a Construction upon a Misfortune , is this , That it is impossible for us to know what are Calamities and what are Blessings . How many Acci dents have passed for Misfortunes , which have turned to the Welfare and ...
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... tion prompts the Understanding , and by the Greatness of the sensible Object , produces in it the Idea of a Being who is neither circumscribed by Time nor Space , As I have made several Voyages upon the Sea , I have often been tossed in ...
... tion prompts the Understanding , and by the Greatness of the sensible Object , produces in it the Idea of a Being who is neither circumscribed by Time nor Space , As I have made several Voyages upon the Sea , I have often been tossed in ...
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