The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 31
... because the fame actions may be aimed at different ends , and arife from quite contrary principles . Actions are of fo mixt a nature and fo full of circumftances , that as men pry into them more or lefs , or obferve fome parts more than ...
... because the fame actions may be aimed at different ends , and arife from quite contrary principles . Actions are of fo mixt a nature and fo full of circumftances , that as men pry into them more or lefs , or obferve fome parts more than ...
Page 33
... because I would have all forts of people made eafy , and being willing to have more ftrings than one to my bow ; in cafe that of comptroller fhould fail me , I have fince formed another project , which being grounded on the dividing of ...
... because I would have all forts of people made eafy , and being willing to have more ftrings than one to my bow ; in cafe that of comptroller fhould fail me , I have fince formed another project , which being grounded on the dividing of ...
Page 55
... fpirit of contradiction : these men do every thing which they are able to support , as if guilt and impunity could 4 . not not go together . They choose a thing only because No 264 55 THE SPECTATOR . • N° 264 Wednesday, January 2. ...
... fpirit of contradiction : these men do every thing which they are able to support , as if guilt and impunity could 4 . not not go together . They choose a thing only because No 264 55 THE SPECTATOR . • N° 264 Wednesday, January 2. ...
Page 56
not go together . They choose a thing only because ano- ther dislikes it ; and affect forfooth an inviolable con- ftancy in matters of no manner of moment . Thus fome- times an old fellow fhall wear this or that fort of cut in his ...
not go together . They choose a thing only because ano- ther dislikes it ; and affect forfooth an inviolable con- ftancy in matters of no manner of moment . Thus fome- times an old fellow fhall wear this or that fort of cut in his ...
Page 68
... because the action propofed to be celebrated was that of his fettling himfelf in Latium . But because it was neceffary for the reader to know what had happened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the preceding parts of his voyage ...
... because the action propofed to be celebrated was that of his fettling himfelf in Latium . But because it was neceffary for the reader to know what had happened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the preceding parts of his voyage ...
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