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Page 53
... Scrole of Parchment in Latin , which her Lover had sent her as Settlement of
fifty Pounds a Year ; among other things there was also the best Lace I had in my
Shop to make him a Present for Cravats . I was very glad of this last Circumstance
...
... Scrole of Parchment in Latin , which her Lover had sent her as Settlement of
fifty Pounds a Year ; among other things there was also the best Lace I had in my
Shop to make him a Present for Cravats . I was very glad of this last Circumstance
...
Page 56
... occasion of it . In the Account which Plato gives us of the Conversation and
Behaviour of Socrates the Morning he was to Die , he tells the following
Circumstance , When 2 21 When Socrates his Fetters were knocked off ( 56 THE
SPECTATOR.
... occasion of it . In the Account which Plato gives us of the Conversation and
Behaviour of Socrates the Morning he was to Die , he tells the following
Circumstance , When 2 21 When Socrates his Fetters were knocked off ( 56 THE
SPECTATOR.
Page 61
Your Pen , which loves i to moralize upon all Subjects , may raise something į
methinks on this circumstance also , and point out to us those Sets of Men , who
instead of growing rich by an honest Industry , recommend themselves to the ...
Your Pen , which loves i to moralize upon all Subjects , may raise something į
methinks on this circumstance also , and point out to us those Sets of Men , who
instead of growing rich by an honest Industry , recommend themselves to the ...
Page 74
What makes the Love of popular or general Praise still more ridiculous , is that it
is usually given for Circumstances which are foreign to the Persons admired .
Thus they are the ordinary Attendants on Power and Riches , which may be taken
...
What makes the Love of popular or general Praise still more ridiculous , is that it
is usually given for Circumstances which are foreign to the Persons admired .
Thus they are the ordinary Attendants on Power and Riches , which may be taken
...
Page 83
... at Mecca , and by that means , say they , pull the Impostor's Iron Coffin with
such an equal Attraction , that it hangs in the Air between both of them . As for the
Ass's Behaviour in such nice Circumstances , whether he would Starve Sooner
No.
... at Mecca , and by that means , say they , pull the Impostor's Iron Coffin with
such an equal Attraction , that it hangs in the Air between both of them . As for the
Ass's Behaviour in such nice Circumstances , whether he would Starve Sooner
No.
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 2 Everyman's library. Essays Everyman's library: Essays and belles lettres The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Authors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Editor | George Gregory Smith |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Company, 1924 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2016 |
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