The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 51
... called him ? Is this the man that is fo celebrated for his conquefts ? For every fubject he has acquired , has he not loft three that were his inheritance ? Are not his troops fewer , ⚫ and those neither fo well fed , or clothed , or ...
... called him ? Is this the man that is fo celebrated for his conquefts ? For every fubject he has acquired , has he not loft three that were his inheritance ? Are not his troops fewer , ⚫ and those neither fo well fed , or clothed , or ...
Page 57
... called together the most faithful of his counsellors , and acquainting them with his fecretary's crime , afked them their ad- vice in fo delicate an affair . They moft of them gave their opinion , that the perfon could not be too ...
... called together the most faithful of his counsellors , and acquainting them with his fecretary's crime , afked them their ad- vice in fo delicate an affair . They moft of them gave their opinion , that the perfon could not be too ...
Page 59
... called . When I came into the fhop again , I took occafion to fend her away , ' and found in the bottom of the box written these words , " Why would you ruin a harmless creature that loves you ? " then in the lid , " There is no ...
... called . When I came into the fhop again , I took occafion to fend her away , ' and found in the bottom of the box written these words , " Why would you ruin a harmless creature that loves you ? " then in the lid , " There is no ...
Page 64
... called Man , was too virtuous to be miferable , " and too vicious to be happy ; that he might make a " diftinction between the good and the bad , ordered the two youngest of the above - mentioned families , " Pleasure who was the ...
... called Man , was too virtuous to be miferable , " and too vicious to be happy ; that he might make a " diftinction between the good and the bad , ordered the two youngest of the above - mentioned families , " Pleasure who was the ...
Page 67
... called for a little ' fmall - beer . · This account I have extracted out of the journal ' of this fleeping worthy , as it has been faithfully kept by a gentleman of Lincoln's - Inn , who has under- taken to be his hiftoriographer . I ...
... called for a little ' fmall - beer . · This account I have extracted out of the journal ' of this fleeping worthy , as it has been faithfully kept by a gentleman of Lincoln's - Inn , who has under- taken to be his hiftoriographer . I ...
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