The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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Page 55
... tion against the Romans , Cyneas his chief mini- fter afked him , what he proposed to himself by this war ? Why , fays Pyrrhus , to conquer the Romans , and reduce all Italy to my obedience . What then ? fays Cyneas . To pafs over into ...
... tion against the Romans , Cyneas his chief mini- fter afked him , what he proposed to himself by this war ? Why , fays Pyrrhus , to conquer the Romans , and reduce all Italy to my obedience . What then ? fays Cyneas . To pafs over into ...
Page 57
... tion , he has implanted in them an inftinct , that fup- plies the place of this inherent goodness . I have il- luftrated this kind of instinct in former papers , and have fhewn how it runs through all the species of brute creatures , as ...
... tion , he has implanted in them an inftinct , that fup- plies the place of this inherent goodness . I have il- luftrated this kind of instinct in former papers , and have fhewn how it runs through all the species of brute creatures , as ...
Page 58
... tion of our forgiveness that we forgive others . Ia our very prayers we defire no more than to be treated by this kind of retaliation . The cafe there- fore before us feems to be what they call a Cafe in Point ; the relation between the ...
... tion of our forgiveness that we forgive others . Ia our very prayers we defire no more than to be treated by this kind of retaliation . The cafe there- fore before us feems to be what they call a Cafe in Point ; the relation between the ...
Page 72
... tion during fo long a fleep . He is faid to have gone already through three days and three nights of it , and to have comprised in them the most remarkable paffages of the four firft empires of the world . If he can keep free from party ...
... tion during fo long a fleep . He is faid to have gone already through three days and three nights of it , and to have comprised in them the most remarkable paffages of the four firft empires of the world . If he can keep free from party ...
Page 84
... tion of the whole town thefe three years , and thought myself near the end of my wifhes ; when the other day the called me into her clofet and told me , with a very grave face , that she was a " - " woman of honour , and fcorned to ...
... tion of the whole town thefe three years , and thought myself near the end of my wifhes ; when the other day the called me into her clofet and told me , with a very grave face , that she was a " - " woman of honour , and fcorned to ...
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