The Spectator, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1924 |
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Page 68
... publick Peace , sub vert Morality , and throw all things into Confusion and Disorder . If none of these Reflections can have any Influence on them , there is one that perhaps may ; because it is adapted to their Vanity , by which they ...
... publick Peace , sub vert Morality , and throw all things into Confusion and Disorder . If none of these Reflections can have any Influence on them , there is one that perhaps may ; because it is adapted to their Vanity , by which they ...
Page 74
... 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 Admir ation of gaping Crowds ; but to have the Approbation of a good Man in ...
... 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 Admir ation of gaping Crowds ; but to have the Approbation of a good Man in ...
Page 94
... Publick Levée , but the whole seems to be a Conspiracy of a Sett of Servile Slaves , to give up their own Liberty to take away their Patron's Understanding , T No. 194 , [ STEELE Friday , October 12 . Friday 94 THE SPECTATOR No. 193 ...
... Publick Levée , but the whole seems to be a Conspiracy of a Sett of Servile Slaves , to give up their own Liberty to take away their Patron's Understanding , T No. 194 , [ STEELE Friday , October 12 . Friday 94 THE SPECTATOR No. 193 ...
Page 118
... publick Good has a Sovereign Property in every private Person's Estate ; and con sequently his Riches must encrease or decrease in Proportion to the Number and Riches of his Subjects . For Example : If Sword or Pestilence should destroy ...
... publick Good has a Sovereign Property in every private Person's Estate ; and con sequently his Riches must encrease or decrease in Proportion to the Number and Riches of his Subjects . For Example : If Sword or Pestilence should destroy ...
Page 120
... 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 the Castle - builders . I had no sooner given up my former Project , but my Head was ...
... 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 the Castle - builders . I had no sooner given up my former Project , but my Head was ...
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