The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 29
... Conversation . But , to return to your Majesty's Letter , I humbly con ceive , that all Distinctions are useful to Men only as they are to act in Publick ; and it would be a romantick Madness for a Man to be a Lord in his Closet ...
... Conversation . But , to return to your Majesty's Letter , I humbly con ceive , that all Distinctions are useful to Men only as they are to act in Publick ; and it would be a romantick Madness for a Man to be a Lord in his Closet ...
Page 66
... Conversation . The Governour despairing of Success by ordinary Means , apprehended and imprisoned her Husband , under Pretence of an Information that he was guilty of a Correspondence with the Enemies of the Duke , to betray the Town ...
... Conversation . The Governour despairing of Success by ordinary Means , apprehended and imprisoned her Husband , under Pretence of an Information that he was guilty of a Correspondence with the Enemies of the Duke , to betray the Town ...
Page 77
... Conversation , and all those social Enter / tainments which are not only innocent but laudable ; as if Mirth was made for Reprobates , and Chearfulness of Heart denied those who are the only Persons that have a proper Title to it ...
... Conversation , and all those social Enter / tainments which are not only innocent but laudable ; as if Mirth was made for Reprobates , and Chearfulness of Heart denied those who are the only Persons that have a proper Title to it ...
Page 81
... Conversation , and the most agrecable Intercourses of Life ; and , by Consequence , excludes them from the most probable Means of Conversion , If , in the last Place , we consider what providential Reason may be assigned for these three ...
... Conversation , and the most agrecable Intercourses of Life ; and , by Consequence , excludes them from the most probable Means of Conversion , If , in the last Place , we consider what providential Reason may be assigned for these three ...
Page 82
... Conversation and Fortune , thro ' the several Periods of it . Hence they were disposed easily to excuse those Excesses which might possibly arise from a too eager Pursuit of the Affections more immediately proper to each State : They ...
... Conversation and Fortune , thro ' the several Periods of it . Hence they were disposed easily to excuse those Excesses which might possibly arise from a too eager Pursuit of the Affections more immediately proper to each State : They ...
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