The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 - 361 pages |
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... true power is to be got by arts and induftry . He will often argue , that if this part of our trade were well cultivated , we fhould gain from one nation ; and if another , from another . I have heard him prove , that diligence makes ...
... true power is to be got by arts and induftry . He will often argue , that if this part of our trade were well cultivated , we fhould gain from one nation ; and if another , from another . I have heard him prove , that diligence makes ...
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... true tafte . Sir Richard Blackmore fays , with as much good fenfe as virtue , It is a mighty difbonour and fhame to employ excellent faculties and abundance of wit to humour and please men in their vi- ees and follies . The great enemy ...
... true tafte . Sir Richard Blackmore fays , with as much good fenfe as virtue , It is a mighty difbonour and fhame to employ excellent faculties and abundance of wit to humour and please men in their vi- ees and follies . The great enemy ...
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... true to my laundrefs . I have fince heard , by a C very great accident , that this fine lady does not live far from Govent - Garden , and that I am not < • the the first cully whom fhe has paffed herself upon for 36 THE SPECTATOR .
... true to my laundrefs . I have fince heard , by a C very great accident , that this fine lady does not live far from Govent - Garden , and that I am not < • the the first cully whom fhe has paffed herself upon for 36 THE SPECTATOR .
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V. If any member tells ftories in the club that are not true , he fhall forfeit for every third lie an halfpenny . VI . If any member ftrikes another wrongfully , he fhall pay his club for him . VII . If any member brings his wife into ...
V. If any member tells ftories in the club that are not true , he fhall forfeit for every third lie an halfpenny . VI . If any member ftrikes another wrongfully , he fhall pay his club for him . VII . If any member brings his wife into ...
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... True happiness is of a retired nature , and an enemy to pomp and noife ; it arifes , in the first place , from the enjoyment of one's felf ; and , in the next , from the friendship and converfation of a few felcct companions : It loves ...
... True happiness is of a retired nature , and an enemy to pomp and noife ; it arifes , in the first place , from the enjoyment of one's felf ; and , in the next , from the friendship and converfation of a few felcct companions : It loves ...
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