The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 - English essays |
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... reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of each other . Indeed all the great writers of that age , for whom singly we have so great an esteem , stand up together as vouch- ers for one another's reputation ...
... reputation in the world , had they not been the friends and admirers of each other . Indeed all the great writers of that age , for whom singly we have so great an esteem , stand up together as vouch- ers for one another's reputation ...
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... reputation , that they may the better preserve their own . Those who were once his equals envy and defame him , be- cause they now see him their superior ; and those who were once his superiors , because they look upon him as their ...
... reputation , that they may the better preserve their own . Those who were once his equals envy and defame him , be- cause they now see him their superior ; and those who were once his superiors , because they look upon him as their ...
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... reputation , so I have taken more than ordinary care not to give offence to those who appear in the higher figures of life . I would not make myself merry even with a piece of pasteboard that is invested with a public , character ; for ...
... reputation , so I have taken more than ordinary care not to give offence to those who appear in the higher figures of life . I would not make myself merry even with a piece of pasteboard that is invested with a public , character ; for ...
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