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Page 177
... subjects as are not fuited to it . For though laughter is looked upon by the philofophers as the property of reafon , the excefs of it has been always confidered as the mark of folly . On the other fide , seriousness has its beauty ...
... subjects as are not fuited to it . For though laughter is looked upon by the philofophers as the property of reafon , the excefs of it has been always confidered as the mark of folly . On the other fide , seriousness has its beauty ...
Page 240
... subject , I refolved to apply myself to you , or your cafuiftical agent , for advice in my prefent circumstances . I am fenfible the tincture of my skin , and the regularity of my fea- tures , which the malice of my late illness has al ...
... subject , I refolved to apply myself to you , or your cafuiftical agent , for advice in my prefent circumstances . I am fenfible the tincture of my skin , and the regularity of my fea- tures , which the malice of my late illness has al ...
Page 252
... • dance as notably as the best of them . May all his Majesty's liege subjects love him as well as his good people of this his ancient borough . • Adieu . ' MONDAY , 淡淡淡綠茶 No. 617. MONDAY , NOVEMBER 8 . 252 No. 616 . THE SPECTATOR .
... • dance as notably as the best of them . May all his Majesty's liege subjects love him as well as his good people of this his ancient borough . • Adieu . ' MONDAY , 淡淡淡綠茶 No. 617. MONDAY , NOVEMBER 8 . 252 No. 616 . THE SPECTATOR .
Page 257
... subjects , that are capable of being embellished with wit and language , and may render them new and agreeable by giving the proper turn to them . But • in speaking at prefent of epistolary poetry , I would be understood to mean only ...
... subjects , that are capable of being embellished with wit and language , and may render them new and agreeable by giving the proper turn to them . But • in speaking at prefent of epistolary poetry , I would be understood to mean only ...
Page 311
... subject perfectly new . Mr. SPECTATOR , Dublin , Nov. 30 , 1714 . You lately recommended to your female readers the good old custom of their grandmothers , who ufed to lay out a great part of their time in needle- work : I entirely ...
... subject perfectly new . Mr. SPECTATOR , Dublin , Nov. 30 , 1714 . You lately recommended to your female readers the good old custom of their grandmothers , who ufed to lay out a great part of their time in needle- work : I entirely ...
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