The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 23
... Desire ; as that Desire flags , will , without her Fault , think her Charms and her Merit abated : From hence must follow Indifference , Dislike , Peevishness , and Rage . But the Man who brings his Reason to support his Passion , and ...
... Desire ; as that Desire flags , will , without her Fault , think her Charms and her Merit abated : From hence must follow Indifference , Dislike , Peevishness , and Rage . But the Man who brings his Reason to support his Passion , and ...
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... Desire of Gain , or what they call Honour , or take upon themselves whatever the Generosity of their Master can give them Opportunities to grasp at . But your Goodness shall not be thus imposed upon by me : I will therefore confess to ...
... Desire of Gain , or what they call Honour , or take upon themselves whatever the Generosity of their Master can give them Opportunities to grasp at . But your Goodness shall not be thus imposed upon by me : I will therefore confess to ...
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... Desires do about the generous Pharamond ? Monsieur Eucrate has hinted to me , that you have Thoughts of distinguishing me with Titles . As for my self , in the Temper of my present Mind , Appellations of Honour would but embarrass ...
... Desires do about the generous Pharamond ? Monsieur Eucrate has hinted to me , that you have Thoughts of distinguishing me with Titles . As for my self , in the Temper of my present Mind , Appellations of Honour would but embarrass ...
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... desires me to give some further Account of Socrates , and to acquaint them in whose Reign he lived , whether he was a Citizen or a Courtier , whether he buried Xantippe , with many other Particulars : For that by his Sayings he appears ...
... desires me to give some further Account of Socrates , and to acquaint them in whose Reign he lived , whether he was a Citizen or a Courtier , whether he buried Xantippe , with many other Particulars : For that by his Sayings he appears ...
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... Desire to do what is laudable for him to perform , and , from an unmanly Bashfulness , shrinks away , and lets his Merit languish in Silence , he ought not to be angry at the World that a more 1712 , more unskilful Actor succeeds in his ...
... Desire to do what is laudable for him to perform , and , from an unmanly Bashfulness , shrinks away , and lets his Merit languish in Silence , he ought not to be angry at the World that a more 1712 , more unskilful Actor succeeds in his ...
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