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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 29
... ill - natured , assuming , sometimes whine , at others rail , then swoon away ,
then come to Life , have the Use of Speech to the greatest Fluency imaginable ,
and then sink away again , and all because they fear we do not love them
enough ...
... ill - natured , assuming , sometimes whine , at others rail , then swoon away ,
then come to Life , have the Use of Speech to the greatest Fluency imaginable ,
and then sink away again , and all because they fear we do not love them
enough ...
Page 37
You have very judiciously , and with the greatest Penetration imaginable ,
considered it as Woman is the 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 ...
You have very judiciously , and with the greatest Penetration imaginable ,
considered it as Woman is the 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 ...
Page 38
When I remonstrate with the greatest Gentleness that is possible against
unhandsome Appearances , and that married Persons are under particular Rules
; when he is in the best Humour to receive this , I am answered only , That I
expose my ...
When I remonstrate with the greatest Gentleness that is possible against
unhandsome Appearances , and that married Persons are under particular Rules
; when he is in the best Humour to receive this , I am answered only , That I
expose my ...
Page 44
This Thought would naturally lead one to the French King , who has been
generally esteemed the greatest Conquerour of our Age , till her Majesty's Armies
had torn from him so many of his Countries , and deprived him of the Fruit of all
his ...
This Thought would naturally lead one to the French King , who has been
generally esteemed the greatest Conquerour of our Age , till her Majesty's Armies
had torn from him so many of his Countries , and deprived him of the Fruit of all
his ...
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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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