The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 48
... particular perfon's reputation , fo I have taken more than ordinary care not to give offence to thofe who appear in the higher figures of life . I would not make myfelf merry even with a piece of pafteboard that is invefted with a ...
... particular perfon's reputation , fo I have taken more than ordinary care not to give offence to thofe who appear in the higher figures of life . I would not make myfelf merry even with a piece of pafteboard that is invefted with a ...
Page 49
... particular judgment on this author , but only deliver it as my private opinion . Criticism is of a very large extent , and every particular master in this art has his favourite paffages in an author , which do not équally strike the ...
... particular judgment on this author , but only deliver it as my private opinion . Criticism is of a very large extent , and every particular master in this art has his favourite paffages in an author , which do not équally strike the ...
Page 56
... particular manner of paffing away life , and is a contradiction to no man , but a refolution to contract none of the exorbitant defires by which others are enslaved . The best way of feparating a man's felf from the world , is to give ...
... particular manner of paffing away life , and is a contradiction to no man , but a refolution to contract none of the exorbitant defires by which others are enslaved . The best way of feparating a man's felf from the world , is to give ...
Page 57
... particular way , next to this admirable character , I am the most ena- moured of Irus , whofe condition will not admit of fuch largeffes , and perhaps would not be capable of making them , if it were Irus , though he is now turned of ...
... particular way , next to this admirable character , I am the most ena- moured of Irus , whofe condition will not admit of fuch largeffes , and perhaps would not be capable of making them , if it were Irus , though he is now turned of ...
Page 60
... particular obferved , that in all ages they have been more careful than the men to adorn that part of the head , which we generally call the outfide . This obfervation is fo very notorious , that when in or- dinary difcourfe we fay a ...
... particular obferved , that in all ages they have been more careful than the men to adorn that part of the head , which we generally call the outfide . This obfervation is fo very notorious , that when in or- dinary difcourfe we fay a ...
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