The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 192
... say , Madam , this fellow here is to know of me myself , whether I am at leifure to fee company or not . I am from this hour mafter of this houfe ; and my bufinefs in it , and every where elfe , is to behave myself in fuch a manner , as ...
... say , Madam , this fellow here is to know of me myself , whether I am at leifure to fee company or not . I am from this hour mafter of this houfe ; and my bufinefs in it , and every where elfe , is to behave myself in fuch a manner , as ...
Page 200
... say , that to fpeak ill of a merchant , was to begin his fait with judgment and execution . One cannot , I think , fay more on this occafion , than to repeat , That the merit of the merchant is above that of all other fubjects ; for ...
... say , that to fpeak ill of a merchant , was to begin his fait with judgment and execution . One cannot , I think , fay more on this occafion , than to repeat , That the merit of the merchant is above that of all other fubjects ; for ...
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... man thinks all that he says , and a fool fays all that he thinks . Ecclus . vi . 9. xxvii , 17 . like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man like 230 N ° 225 THE SPECTATOR . a perpetual train of vanities which pafs through both. ...
... man thinks all that he says , and a fool fays all that he thinks . Ecclus . vi . 9. xxvii , 17 . like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man like 230 N ° 225 THE SPECTATOR . a perpetual train of vanities which pafs through both. ...
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... say , a free - thinker . What religion that might be , he could not tell and for his own part , if they had not told him the man was a free - thinker , he should have gueffed , by his way of talking , he was little better . than a ...
... say , a free - thinker . What religion that might be , he could not tell and for his own part , if they had not told him the man was a free - thinker , he should have gueffed , by his way of talking , he was little better . than a ...
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... say fnow was white , is al- lowing a vulgar error ; for as it contains a great quan- tity of nitrous particles , it might more reasonably be fuppofed to be black . In fhort , the young huffeys ⚫ would perfuade me , that to believe ...
... say fnow was white , is al- lowing a vulgar error ; for as it contains a great quan- tity of nitrous particles , it might more reasonably be fuppofed to be black . In fhort , the young huffeys ⚫ would perfuade me , that to believe ...
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