The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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... reafon to be- lieve , from feveral angry Letters which have been fent to me by disappointed Lovers , that my Ad- vice has been of very fignal Service to the fair Sex , who , according to the old Proverb , were Fore- warn'd forearm'd ...
... reafon to be- lieve , from feveral angry Letters which have been fent to me by disappointed Lovers , that my Ad- vice has been of very fignal Service to the fair Sex , who , according to the old Proverb , were Fore- warn'd forearm'd ...
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... Reafon that the fhort Speeches or Sentences which we often meet with in Hiftories , make a deeper Impreffion on the Mind of the Rea- der , than the most laboured Strokes in a well written Tragedy . Truth and Matter of Fact fets the ...
... Reafon that the fhort Speeches or Sentences which we often meet with in Hiftories , make a deeper Impreffion on the Mind of the Rea- der , than the most laboured Strokes in a well written Tragedy . Truth and Matter of Fact fets the ...
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... is directed by fomething befides Reafon , and always apprehend fome concealed Evil in e- very Refolution that is of a difputable Nature , when when it is conformable to his particular Temper , his 24 N ° 399 . The SPECTATOR .
... is directed by fomething befides Reafon , and always apprehend fome concealed Evil in e- very Refolution that is of a difputable Nature , when when it is conformable to his particular Temper , his 24 N ° 399 . The SPECTATOR .
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... Reafon he is dangerous to be entertained as a Friend or a Vifitant , who is capable of gaining any eminent Efteem , or Obfervation , though it be never so remote from Pretenfions as a Lover . If a Man's Heart has not the Abhorrence of ...
... Reafon he is dangerous to be entertained as a Friend or a Vifitant , who is capable of gaining any eminent Efteem , or Obfervation , though it be never so remote from Pretenfions as a Lover . If a Man's Heart has not the Abhorrence of ...
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... Reafon I thought it neceffary to give my fair Readers a Caution a- gainst it , having , to my great Concern , obferved the Waite of a Platonift lately fwell to a Round- ness which is inconsistent with that Philosophy . T C 3 Tuesday , N ...
... Reafon I thought it neceffary to give my fair Readers a Caution a- gainst it , having , to my great Concern , obferved the Waite of a Platonift lately fwell to a Round- ness which is inconsistent with that Philosophy . T C 3 Tuesday , N ...
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