The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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eye a new picture of nature , which was more finely fhaded , and difpofed among fofter lights , than that which the fun had before discovered to us . As I was ... eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the 46 No 565 . THE SPECTATOR .
eye a new picture of nature , which was more finely fhaded , and difpofed among fofter lights , than that which the fun had before discovered to us . As I was ... eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the 46 No 565 . THE SPECTATOR .
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eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the more ftill are out difcoveries . Huygenius carried this thought so far , that he does not think it impoffible there may be stars whofe light is not yet travelled down to us , fince their ...
eyes ; and the finer our telescopes are , the more ftill are out difcoveries . Huygenius carried this thought so far , that he does not think it impoffible there may be stars whofe light is not yet travelled down to us , fince their ...
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... eye of mercy , thofe who endeavour to recommend 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 ...
... eye of mercy , thofe who endeavour to recommend 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 ...
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... eye upon a new book , and if he finds feveral letters feparated from one another by a dafh , he buys it up , and perufes it with great fatisfaction . An M and an h , a T and an r , with a fhort line between them , has fold many infipid ...
... eye upon a new book , and if he finds feveral letters feparated from one another by a dafh , he buys it up , and perufes it with great fatisfaction . An M and an h , a T and an r , with a fhort line between them , has fold many infipid ...
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... eye of the purchaser ; not to mention fcribbler , liar , rogue , rascal , knave , and villain , without which it is impoffible to carry on a modern controverfy . Our party - writers are fo fenfible of the fecret virtue of an innuendo to ...
... eye of the purchaser ; not to mention fcribbler , liar , rogue , rascal , knave , and villain , without which it is impoffible to carry on a modern controverfy . Our party - writers are fo fenfible of the fecret virtue of an innuendo to ...
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