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Page 29
Epistle to express his Condition his own Way . Friday Sept. 24 • Mr . SPECTATOR
, 1711 I do not deny but you appear in many of your Papers to understand
humane Life pretty well ; but there are very many things which you cannot
possibly ...
Epistle to express his Condition his own Way . Friday Sept. 24 • Mr . SPECTATOR
, 1711 I do not deny but you appear in many of your Papers to understand
humane Life pretty well ; but there are very many things which you cannot
possibly ...
Page 90
I know not how to express it , but I think I may call it a transplanted Self - love . All
the Enjoyments and Sufferings which a Man meets with , are regarded only as
they concern him in the Relation he has to another . A Man's very Honour
receives ...
I know not how to express it , but I think I may call it a transplanted Self - love . All
the Enjoyments and Sufferings which a Man meets with , are regarded only as
they concern him in the Relation he has to another . A Man's very Honour
receives ...
Page 95
There are things in this sort of Commerce which there are not Words to express ,
and a Man may not špossibly know how_to represent , which yet may tear his
Heart into ten Thousand Tortures . To be grave to a Man's Mirth , unattentive to
his ...
There are things in this sort of Commerce which there are not Words to express ,
and a Man may not špossibly know how_to represent , which yet may tear his
Heart into ten Thousand Tortures . To be grave to a Man's Mirth , unattentive to
his ...
Page 103
... make their Being pass away with that Sort of Relish which we express by the
Word Comfort , and should be treated of by you , who are a SPECTATOR , as
well as such Subjects which appear indeed more speculative , but are less
instructive ...
... make their Being pass away with that Sort of Relish which we express by the
Word Comfort , and should be treated of by you , who are a SPECTATOR , as
well as such Subjects which appear indeed more speculative , but are less
instructive ...
Page 158
It is a very great Satisfaction to consider the best and wisest of Mankind in all
Nations and Ages asserting , as with one Voice , this their Birthright , and to find it
ratify'd by an express Revelation , At the same time , if we turn our Thoughts
inward ...
It is a very great Satisfaction to consider the best and wisest of Mankind in all
Nations and Ages asserting , as with one Voice , this their Birthright , and to find it
ratify'd by an express Revelation , At the same time , if we turn our Thoughts
inward ...
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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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