The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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Page 36
... themselves when they have nothing elfe in them . There is one kind of egotifts which is very common in the world , though I do not re- member that any writer has taken notice of them ; I mean thofe empty conceited fellows , who repeat ...
... themselves when they have nothing elfe in them . There is one kind of egotifts which is very common in the world , though I do not re- member that any writer has taken notice of them ; I mean thofe empty conceited fellows , who repeat ...
Page 39
... themselves which of them should step into his place . Nay , I have known a Blank continue fo long in one of these vacant pofts , ( for fuch it is C to be reckoned all the time a Blank is in it ) that he has grown too , formidable and ...
... themselves which of them should step into his place . Nay , I have known a Blank continue fo long in one of these vacant pofts , ( for fuch it is C to be reckoned all the time a Blank is in it ) that he has grown too , formidable and ...
Page 41
... how thofe about me fuffer themselves to be blinded by prejudice and inclination , how readily they pronounce on every man's character , which D 3 they . they can give in two words , and make him No 564 . THE SPECTATOR . 41.
... how thofe about me fuffer themselves to be blinded by prejudice and inclination , how readily they pronounce on every man's character , which D 3 they . they can give in two words , and make him No 564 . THE SPECTATOR . 41.
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... themselves into a body , fought with a refolution equal to the néceflì- ty of their affairs , yet no one fo remarkably diftin- guished himself on this occafion , to the amazement . of both armies , as Ifadas the fon of Phoebidas , who ...
... themselves into a body , fought with a refolution equal to the néceflì- ty of their affairs , yet no one fo remarkably diftin- guished himself on this occafion , to the amazement . of both armies , as Ifadas the fon of Phoebidas , who ...
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... themselves to his notice , and in an unfeigned humility of heart think themselves unworthy that he fhould be mindful of them . No 566 . MONDAY , JULY 12 . Militiae fpecies amor eft— OVID . Ars Am . 1. ii . ver . 233 . Love is a kind of ...
... themselves to his notice , and in an unfeigned humility of heart think themselves unworthy that he fhould be mindful of them . No 566 . MONDAY , JULY 12 . Militiae fpecies amor eft— OVID . Ars Am . 1. ii . ver . 233 . Love is a kind of ...
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