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My Self - love will not carry me so far , as to impose upon Mankind the
Advancement of Persons ( meerly for their being related to me ) into high
Distinctions , who ought for their own Sakes , as well as that of the Publick , to
affect Obscurity .
My Self - love will not carry me so far , as to impose upon Mankind the
Advancement of Persons ( meerly for their being related to me ) into high
Distinctions , who ought for their own Sakes , as well as that of the Publick , to
affect Obscurity .
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... your noble Nature approves in all whom you admit to your Conversation But ,
to return to your Majesty's Letter , I humbly conceive , that all Distinctions are
useful to Men only as they are to act in Publick ; and it would be a romantick
Madness ...
... your noble Nature approves in all whom you admit to your Conversation But ,
to return to your Majesty's Letter , I humbly conceive , that all Distinctions are
useful to Men only as they are to act in Publick ; and it would be a romantick
Madness ...
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... in a publick Employment . I know the Printing this Letter would point me out to
those I want Confidence to speak to , and I hope it is not in your Power to refuse
making any Body happy . September 9 , Yours , & c . 1712 . M , DA · T No. 481 .
... in a publick Employment . I know the Printing this Letter would point me out to
those I want Confidence to speak to , and I hope it is not in your Power to refuse
making any Body happy . September 9 , Yours , & c . 1712 . M , DA · T No. 481 .
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... when they hear of those solemn Con tests and Debates , which are made
among the Great upon the Punctilios of a publick Ceremony , and wonder to hear
that any Business of Consequence should be retarded by those little
Circumstances ...
... when they hear of those solemn Con tests and Debates , which are made
among the Great upon the Punctilios of a publick Ceremony , and wonder to hear
that any Business of Consequence should be retarded by those little
Circumstances ...
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... if it might be done without Prejudice to the Publick Affairs , One , who sate at
the other End of the Table , and seemed to be in the Interests of the French King ,
told them , that they did not take the Matter right for that his most Christian Majesty
...
... if it might be done without Prejudice to the Publick Affairs , One , who sate at
the other End of the Table , and seemed to be in the Interests of the French King ,
told them , that they did not take the Matter right for that his most Christian Majesty
...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays [no. 164-167] The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Contributor | George Gregory Smith |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2014 |
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