The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 - 361 pages |
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... of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diverfion or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it , when I am fummoned fummoned out of it , with the fecret fatisfaction of 4 No 1 . THE SPECTATOR .
... of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diverfion or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it , when I am fummoned fummoned out of it , with the fecret fatisfaction of 4 No 1 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... shall endeavour at a ftyle and air fuitable to their understanding . When I fay this , I must be understood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the fubjects I treat upon . Discourse , for their entertainment , is not to be ...
... shall endeavour at a ftyle and air fuitable to their understanding . When I fay this , I must be understood to mean , that I fhall not lower but exalt the fubjects I treat upon . Discourse , for their entertainment , is not to be ...
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... shall have their proper place in my follow- ing difcourfes : The prefent writing is only to ad- monifh the world , that they fhall not find me an idle but a bufy fpectator . No 5 . TUESDAY , MARCH 6 . Spectatum admiffi rifum teneatis ...
... shall have their proper place in my follow- ing difcourfes : The prefent writing is only to ad- monifh the world , that they fhall not find me an idle but a bufy fpectator . No 5 . TUESDAY , MARCH 6 . Spectatum admiffi rifum teneatis ...
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... shall give you a tafte of the Italian from the firft lines of his preface . Eccoti , benigno lettore , un parto di poche fere , che fe ben nato di notte , non è però abort . di tenebre , ma si farà conoscere figlio d ' Apollo con ...
... shall give you a tafte of the Italian from the firft lines of his preface . Eccoti , benigno lettore , un parto di poche fere , che fe ben nato di notte , non è però abort . di tenebre , ma si farà conoscere figlio d ' Apollo con ...
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... Shall here communicate to the world a couple of letters , which I believe will give the reader as good an entertainment as any that I am able to fur- nish him with , and therefore fhall make no apolo- gy for them . · SIR , I To the ...
... Shall here communicate to the world a couple of letters , which I believe will give the reader as good an entertainment as any that I am able to fur- nish him with , and therefore fhall make no apolo- gy for them . · SIR , I To the ...
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