The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 24
... mankind admires . Others there are , who proclaim the errors and infirmities of a great man with an inward fatisfaction and compla- cency , if they difcover none of the like errors and infirmities in themfelves ; for while they are ...
... mankind admires . Others there are , who proclaim the errors and infirmities of a great man with an inward fatisfaction and compla- cency , if they difcover none of the like errors and infirmities in themfelves ; for while they are ...
Page 25
... mankind . Thus we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many malicious fpies are fearching into the actions of a great man , who is not , always , the best prepared for fo narrow an ...
... mankind . Thus we fee how many dark and intricate motives there are to detraction and defamation , and how many malicious fpies are fearching into the actions of a great man , who is not , always , the best prepared for fo narrow an ...
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... mankind , who fees every degree of perfection in others , and poffeffes all poffible perfec tion in himself , fhall proclaim his worth before men and angels , and pronounce to him in the prefence of the whole creation that beft and moft ...
... mankind , who fees every degree of perfection in others , and poffeffes all poffible perfec tion in himself , fhall proclaim his worth before men and angels , and pronounce to him in the prefence of the whole creation that beft and moft ...
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... mankind , and growth towards manhood fo defirable to all , that refignation to decay is too difficult a task in the father ; and deference , amidst the impulfe of gay defires , appears unreasonable to the fon . There are fo few who can ...
... mankind , and growth towards manhood fo defirable to all , that refignation to decay is too difficult a task in the father ; and deference , amidst the impulfe of gay defires , appears unreasonable to the fon . There are fo few who can ...
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... mankind , and acting accordingly . He feriously confidered he was pcor , and the general horror which most men have of all who are in that condition . Irus judged very rightly , that while he could keep his poverty a fecret , he fhould ...
... mankind , and acting accordingly . He feriously confidered he was pcor , and the general horror which most men have of all who are in that condition . Irus judged very rightly , that while he could keep his poverty a fecret , he fhould ...
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