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Page 25
Sir , I am plagued every Moment in the Day one way or other in my own
Chambers , and the Jezebel has the Satisfaction to know , that , though I am not
looking at her , I am list'ning to her impertinent Dialogues that pass over my Head
. I would ...
Sir , I am plagued every Moment in the Day one way or other in my own
Chambers , and the Jezebel has the Satisfaction to know , that , though I am not
looking at her , I am list'ning to her impertinent Dialogues that pass over my Head
. I would ...
Page 33
... Objects , if it exerts it self promiscuously towards the Deserving and the
Undeserving , if it relieves alike the Idle and the Indigent , if it gives it self up to the
first Petitioner , and lights upon any one rather by Accident than Choice , it may
pass ...
... Objects , if it exerts it self promiscuously towards the Deserving and the
Undeserving , if it relieves alike the Idle and the Indigent , if it gives it self up to the
first Petitioner , and lights upon any one rather by Accident than Choice , it may
pass ...
Page 34
... he has met with in the Street , and afterwards pass his Evening in a Coffee -
house , or at a Friend's Fireside , with much greater Satisfaction to him . self than
he could have received from the most exquisite Entertainments of the Theatre .
... he has met with in the Street , and afterwards pass his Evening in a Coffee -
house , or at a Friend's Fireside , with much greater Satisfaction to him . self than
he could have received from the most exquisite Entertainments of the Theatre .
Page 43
... keep their Countenances , if they see anything Bridiculous in their Betters ,
besides that it seems an Entertainment very particularly adapted to the Bath , as it
- is usual for a Rider to Whistle to his Horse when he would make his Waters
pass .
... keep their Countenances , if they see anything Bridiculous in their Betters ,
besides that it seems an Entertainment very particularly adapted to the Bath , as it
- is usual for a Rider to Whistle to his Horse when he would make his Waters
pass .
Page 47
To pass over into Sicily , says Pyrrhus , and then all the Sicilians must be our
Subjects . And what does your Majesty intend next ? Why truly , says the King , to
conquer Carthage , and make my self Master of all Africa . And what , Sir , says
the ...
To pass over into Sicily , says Pyrrhus , and then all the Sicilians must be our
Subjects . And what does your Majesty intend next ? Why truly , says the King , to
conquer Carthage , and make my self Master of all Africa . And what , Sir , says
the ...
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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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