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Page 20
Sir ROGER said it could hardly be otherwise : That the Carthaginians were the
greatest Traders in the World , and as Gain is the chief End of such a People ,
they never pursue any others , The Means to it are never regarded ; they will , if it
...
Sir ROGER said it could hardly be otherwise : That the Carthaginians were the
greatest Traders in the World , and as Gain is the chief End of such a People ,
they never pursue any others , The Means to it are never regarded ; they will , if it
...
Page 27
... and that if any of them o are Persons of unequal Tempers , there should be
some & Method taken to inform the World at what Time it is safe to attack them ,
and when you had best let them alone , But submitting these Matters to your ?
more ...
... and that if any of them o are Persons of unequal Tempers , there should be
some & Method taken to inform the World at what Time it is safe to attack them ,
and when you had best let them alone , But submitting these Matters to your ?
more ...
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To this she answers , All the World but you think I have as much Sense as your
self . I repeat to her , Indeed you are pretty . Upon this there is no Patience ; she
will throw down any thing about her , stamp , and pull off her Head - Cloaths .
To this she answers , All the World but you think I have as much Sense as your
self . I repeat to her , Indeed you are pretty . Upon this there is no Patience ; she
will throw down any thing about her , stamp , and pull off her Head - Cloaths .
Page 37
... Creature of whom the Diffidence is raised ; but not a Word of a Man who is so
unmerciful as to move Jealousie in his Wife , and not care whether she is so or
not . It is possible you may not believe there are such Tyrants in the World : but
alas ...
... Creature of whom the Diffidence is raised ; but not a Word of a Man who is so
unmerciful as to move Jealousie in his Wife , and not care whether she is so or
not . It is possible you may not believe there are such Tyrants in the World : but
alas ...
Page 54
I hope , Sir , you won't pretend to Wit , and take the Part of dull Rogues of
Business , The World is so altered of late Years , that there was not a Man who
would knock down a Watchman in my Behalf , but I was carried off with as much
Triumph ...
I hope , Sir , you won't pretend to Wit , and take the Part of dull Rogues of
Business , The World is so altered of late Years , that there was not a Man who
would knock down a Watchman in my Behalf , but I was carried off with as much
Triumph ...
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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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