The Spectator, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1911 |
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Page 18
... Look the Force of Language . ' It was Prudence to turn away my Eyes from this Object , and therefore I turned them to the thoughtless Creatures who make up the Lump of that Sex , and move a knowing Eye no more than the Portraitures of ...
... Look the Force of Language . ' It was Prudence to turn away my Eyes from this Object , and therefore I turned them to the thoughtless Creatures who make up the Lump of that Sex , and move a knowing Eye no more than the Portraitures of ...
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... look upon without catching Cold , and indeed without much Danger of being burnt for there are several Engines filled with Water , and ready to play at a Minute's warning , in case any such Accident should happen . However , as I have a ...
... look upon without catching Cold , and indeed without much Danger of being burnt for there are several Engines filled with Water , and ready to play at a Minute's warning , in case any such Accident should happen . However , as I have a ...
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... look into the Writings of the old Italians , such as Cicero and Virgil , we shall find that the English Writers , in their way of thinking and expressing themselves , resemble those Authors much more than the Modern Italians pretend to ...
... look into the Writings of the old Italians , such as Cicero and Virgil , we shall find that the English Writers , in their way of thinking and expressing themselves , resemble those Authors much more than the Modern Italians pretend to ...
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... look'd intentively upon him , which made him , I thought , collect his Mind a little . What I aim at , says he , is to represent , That I am of Opinion , to polish our Understandings and neglect our Manners is of all things the most ...
... look'd intentively upon him , which made him , I thought , collect his Mind a little . What I aim at , says he , is to represent , That I am of Opinion , to polish our Understandings and neglect our Manners is of all things the most ...
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... look up to him for Help , and question not but he will either avert them , or turn them to my Advantage . Though I know neither the Time nor the Manner of the Death I am to die , I am not at all sollicitous about it ; because because I ...
... look up to him for Help , and question not but he will either avert them , or turn them to my Advantage . Though I know neither the Time nor the Manner of the Death I am to die , I am not at all sollicitous about it ; because because I ...
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