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Page 74
The Din which attends Victories and publick Triumphs , is by far less eligible ,
than the Recital of the Actions of great Men by honest and wise Historians . It is a
frivolous Pleasure to be the Admiration of gaping Crowds ; but to have the ...
The Din which attends Victories and publick Triumphs , is by far less eligible ,
than the Recital of the Actions of great Men by honest and wise Historians . It is a
frivolous Pleasure to be the Admiration of gaping Crowds ; but to have the ...
Page 94
And it appears from the very Nature of things that there cannot be anything
effectually dispatched in the Distraction of a Publick Levée , but the whole seems
to be a Conspiracy of a Sett of Servile Slaves , to give up their own Liberty to take
...
And it appears from the very Nature of things that there cannot be anything
effectually dispatched in the Distraction of a Publick Levée , but the whole seems
to be a Conspiracy of a Sett of Servile Slaves , to give up their own Liberty to take
...
Page 118
Philarithmus is not mistaken in his Calculations , Lewis must have been
impoverish'd by his Ambition The Prince for the publick Good has a Sovereign
Property in every private Person's Estate , and con sequently his Riches must
encrease or ...
Philarithmus is not mistaken in his Calculations , Lewis must have been
impoverish'd by his Ambition The Prince for the publick Good has a Sovereign
Property in every private Person's Estate , and con sequently his Riches must
encrease or ...
Page 120
... and leave my Country to encrease by the ordinary way of Generation , I have
always at Heart the Publick Good , so I am ever contriving Schemes to promote it
; and I think I may without Vanity pretend to have contriv'd some as wise as any of
...
... and leave my Country to encrease by the ordinary way of Generation , I have
always at Heart the Publick Good , so I am ever contriving Schemes to promote it
; and I think I may without Vanity pretend to have contriv'd some as wise as any of
...
Page 124
A Gothic Bishop , 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 ...
A Gothic Bishop , 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 ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 2 Everyman's library. Essays Everyman's library: Essays and belles lettres The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Authors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Editor | George Gregory Smith |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Company, 1924 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2016 |
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