The Spectator, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1924 |
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Page 57
... proper at such a time to describe Socrates launching out into a Discourse which was not of a Piece with the Business of the Day , he would have enlarged upon this Hint , and have drawn it out into some beautiful Allegory or Fable . But ...
... proper at such a time to describe Socrates launching out into a Discourse which was not of a Piece with the Business of the Day , he would have enlarged upon this Hint , and have drawn it out into some beautiful Allegory or Fable . But ...
Page 64
... proper Colours . They are a sort of Gamesters who are eternally upon the Fret , though they play for nothing . They are perpetually teizing their Friends to come over to them , though at the same same time they allow that neither of ...
... proper Colours . They are a sort of Gamesters who are eternally upon the Fret , though they play for nothing . They are perpetually teizing their Friends to come over to them , though at the same same time they allow that neither of ...
Page 99
... proper 13 , 1711 . October Ferments in the Humours , and promotes the Circula tion of the Blood , Temperance gives Nature her full Play , and enables her to exert her self in all her Force and Vigour . If Exercise dissipates a growing ...
... proper 13 , 1711 . October Ferments in the Humours , and promotes the Circula tion of the Blood , Temperance gives Nature her full Play , and enables her to exert her self in all her Force and Vigour . If Exercise dissipates a growing ...
Page 124
... , perhaps , thought it proper to repeat such a Form . in such particular Shoes or Slippers . Another fancied it would be very decent if such a Part of publick Devotions were were performed with a Mitre on his Head , and 124 THE SPECTATOR.
... , perhaps , thought it proper to repeat such a Form . in such particular Shoes or Slippers . Another fancied it would be very decent if such a Part of publick Devotions were were performed with a Mitre on his Head , and 124 THE SPECTATOR.
Page 127
... proper Sentiments on this Occasion , ' Mr. SPECTATOR , I am Servant to an old Lady who is governed by one she calls her Friend ; who is so familiar an one , that she takes upon her to advise her without being I called to it , and makes ...
... proper Sentiments on this Occasion , ' Mr. SPECTATOR , I am Servant to an old Lady who is governed by one she calls her Friend ; who is so familiar an one , that she takes upon her to advise her without being I called to it , and makes ...
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