“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 34
... virtue . The firft may make a man eafy in himself and agreeable to others , but implies no me- rit in him that is poffeffed of it . A man is no more to be praifed upon this account , than because he has a regular pulfe or a good ...
... virtue . The firft may make a man eafy in himself and agreeable to others , but implies no me- rit in him that is poffeffed of it . A man is no more to be praifed upon this account , than because he has a regular pulfe or a good ...
Page 35
... virtue . THE third trial of good - nature will be the examining ourfelves , whether or no we are able to exert it to our own difadvantage , and employ it on proper objects , not- withstanding any little pain , want or inconvenience ...
... virtue . THE third trial of good - nature will be the examining ourfelves , whether or no we are able to exert it to our own difadvantage , and employ it on proper objects , not- withstanding any little pain , want or inconvenience ...
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... virtue in him , before he will enter upon the reading of a Seneca or an Epictetus . The very title of a moral treatife has fomething in it auftere and shocking to the careless and inconfiderate . FOR this reafon feveral unthinking ...
... virtue in him , before he will enter upon the reading of a Seneca or an Epictetus . The very title of a moral treatife has fomething in it auftere and shocking to the careless and inconfiderate . FOR this reafon feveral unthinking ...
Page 57
... virtues , vices , and other imaginary per❤ fons of the like nature . Some of the antient critics will have it , that ... virtue of this fable , which procured him a kind reception in all the market towns , where he never failed telling ...
... virtues , vices , and other imaginary per❤ fons of the like nature . Some of the antient critics will have it , that ... virtue of this fable , which procured him a kind reception in all the market towns , where he never failed telling ...
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... Virtue , who was the offspring of the gods . Thefe , as I faid before , had their habitation in heaven . The youngest of the oppofite fumity was Pain , who was the for of Mifery , who was the child of Kice , who was the off- Spring of ...
... Virtue , who was the offspring of the gods . Thefe , as I faid before , had their habitation in heaven . The youngest of the oppofite fumity was Pain , who was the for of Mifery , who was the child of Kice , who was the off- Spring of ...
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againſt Alcibiades beautiful becauſe befides behaviour beſt cafe circumftance confequence confider confideration converfation correfpondent defcribed deferves defign defire difcourfe difcover eyes faid fame fatire fatisfaction fecond fecret feems feen felf fenfe fent feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon foul fpecies fpeculation fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuperiority fure gentleman give greateſt himſelf honour humble fervant humour huſband inftance itſelf kind laft leaft lefs letter live loft look lover mafter mankind manner mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never obferve occafion ourſelves OVID paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafed pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent preferved raiſed reafon renegado reprefented Sappho ſhall ſhe Socrates ſpeak SPECTATOR temper thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſe virtue whofe whole wife woman