“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... fame man , who had carried fire and fword into the countries of all that had oppofed the caufe of liberty , and ftruck a terror into the armies of France , had in the midst of his high ftation a behaviour as gentle as is ufual in the ...
... fame man , who had carried fire and fword into the countries of all that had oppofed the caufe of liberty , and ftruck a terror into the armies of France , had in the midst of his high ftation a behaviour as gentle as is ufual in the ...
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... to diminution ; nor can any attempts prevail against it , but in the proportion which the narrow circuit of rumour bears to the unlimited extent of fame . A 3 WE きっ WE may congratulate your Grace not only upon your DEDICATION .
... to diminution ; nor can any attempts prevail against it , but in the proportion which the narrow circuit of rumour bears to the unlimited extent of fame . A 3 WE きっ WE may congratulate your Grace not only upon your DEDICATION .
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... fame that is built on candour and ingenuity , according to those beautiful lines of Sir John Denham , in his poem on Fletcher's works ! But whither am I ftray'd ? I need not raife Trophies to thee from other men's difpraife : Nor is thy ...
... fame that is built on candour and ingenuity , according to those beautiful lines of Sir John Denham , in his poem on Fletcher's works ! But whither am I ftray'd ? I need not raife Trophies to thee from other men's difpraife : Nor is thy ...
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... fame kind of fublime , which he ob- ferves in the feveral paffages that occafioned them ; I can- not but take notice , that our Englifb author has after the fame manner exemplified feveral of his precepts in the very precepts themselves ...
... fame kind of fublime , which he ob- ferves in the feveral paffages that occafioned them ; I can- not but take notice , that our Englifb author has after the fame manner exemplified feveral of his precepts in the very precepts themselves ...
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... fame place with her husband , and if they happen to meet , you would think them perfect strangers : fhe never was heard to name him in his abfence , and takes care he fhall never be the fubject of any difcourse that fhe has a fhare in ...
... fame place with her husband , and if they happen to meet , you would think them perfect strangers : fhe never was heard to name him in his abfence , and takes care he fhall never be the fubject of any difcourse that fhe has a fhare in ...
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