The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 134
... Perfection , and Solomon the Son of David , God's chosen Servant , and himself a Man endued with the greatest Wisdom , did both of them disobey their Creator by the Perswasion and for the Love they bare to a Woman , it is not so ...
... Perfection , and Solomon the Son of David , God's chosen Servant , and himself a Man endued with the greatest Wisdom , did both of them disobey their Creator by the Perswasion and for the Love they bare to a Woman , it is not so ...
Page 139
... Perfection at which they have arrived in this Art . How many Devices have been made use of , to render this bitter Potion palatable ? Some convey their Instructions to us in the best chosen Words , others in the most harmonious Numbers ...
... Perfection at which they have arrived in this Art . How many Devices have been made use of , to render this bitter Potion palatable ? Some convey their Instructions to us in the best chosen Words , others in the most harmonious Numbers ...
Page 144
... Perfection attainable in this Life , there will be still in him so many secret Sins , so many human Frailties , so many Offences of Ignorance , Passion , and Prejudice , so many unguarded Words and Thoughts , and in short , so many ...
... Perfection attainable in this Life , there will be still in him so many secret Sins , so many human Frailties , so many Offences of Ignorance , Passion , and Prejudice , so many unguarded Words and Thoughts , and in short , so many ...
Page 166
... Perfection . So likewise the Belles Lettres are typified by a Saunter in the Gate , a Fall of one Wing of the Peruke backward , an Insertion of one Hand in the Fobb , and a negligent swing of the other , with a Pinch of right and fine ...
... Perfection . So likewise the Belles Lettres are typified by a Saunter in the Gate , a Fall of one Wing of the Peruke backward , an Insertion of one Hand in the Fobb , and a negligent swing of the other , with a Pinch of right and fine ...
Page 168
... Perfection in the Sense , which one Animal enjoys beyond what appears in another , that though the Sense in different Animals be distinguished by the same common Denomination , it seems almost of a different Nature , If after this we ...
... Perfection in the Sense , which one Animal enjoys beyond what appears in another , that though the Sense in different Animals be distinguished by the same common Denomination , it seems almost of a different Nature , If after this we ...
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