“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... opinion , opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gain- TO · N ° 253 . THE SPECTATOR . No 253. ...
... opinion , opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gain- TO · N ° 253 . THE SPECTATOR . No 253. ...
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opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gain- ed fo great a 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 fingly we have fo great an ...
opinion , that neither Virgil nor Horace would have gain- ed fo great a 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 fingly we have fo great an ...
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... opinions of him , to our reproach- es or commendations : as , on the contrary , it is ufual for us , when we would take off from the fame and reputation of an action , to afcribe it to vain - glory , and a defire of fame in the actor ...
... opinions of him , to our reproach- es or commendations : as , on the contrary , it is ufual for us , when we would take off from the fame and reputation of an action , to afcribe it to vain - glory , and a defire of fame in the actor ...
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... opinions of mankind . THUS we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many ma- licious fpies are fearching into the actions of a great man , who is not always the best prepared for fo ...
... opinions of mankind . THUS we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many ma- licious fpies are fearching into the actions of a great man , who is not always the best prepared for fo ...
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... fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him , tho ' they might raife the reputation of another , they are a diminution to his . ONE ONE would think there fhould be fomething wonderful- ly pleafing No. 256 . 23 THE SPECTATOR .
... fall any thing below the opinion that is conceived of him , tho ' they might raife the reputation of another , they are a diminution to his . ONE ONE would think there fhould be fomething wonderful- ly pleafing No. 256 . 23 THE SPECTATOR .
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