The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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Page 12
... attended with worfe Confequences in cafe of a Repulfe . Du- ring this Twilight of Intellects , the Patient is S extremely apt , as Love is the most witty Paf- fion in Nature , to offer at fome pert Sallies now and then , by way of ...
... attended with worfe Confequences in cafe of a Repulfe . Du- ring this Twilight of Intellects , the Patient is S extremely apt , as Love is the most witty Paf- fion in Nature , to offer at fome pert Sallies now and then , by way of ...
Page 24
... attend to his Vi- ces , or mistake even his Vices for Virtues . It is this fatal Hypocrifie and Self - deceit , which is ta- ken notice of in thofe Words , Who can understand his Errors ? cleanfe thou me from fecret Faults . IF the open ...
... attend to his Vi- ces , or mistake even his Vices for Virtues . It is this fatal Hypocrifie and Self - deceit , which is ta- ken notice of in thofe Words , Who can understand his Errors ? cleanfe thou me from fecret Faults . IF the open ...
Page 45
... attending a Diflec- tion , frequenting the Courts of Justice , or study- ing the Fathers , Cleanthes reads Plays , dances , dreffes , and spends his Time in Drawing - rooms , instead of being a good Lawyer , Divine , or Phy- fician ...
... attending a Diflec- tion , frequenting the Courts of Justice , or study- ing the Fathers , Cleanthes reads Plays , dances , dreffes , and spends his Time in Drawing - rooms , instead of being a good Lawyer , Divine , or Phy- fician ...
Page 46
... attended the Bar , his modest and inge- nuous Virtue would furely have made but a very indifferent Figure ; and Tully's declamatory Incli- nation would have been as ufelefs in Poetry . Na- ture , if left to her felf , leads us on in the ...
... attended the Bar , his modest and inge- nuous Virtue would furely have made but a very indifferent Figure ; and Tully's declamatory Incli- nation would have been as ufelefs in Poetry . Na- ture , if left to her felf , leads us on in the ...
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... attended with the greatest Perfections . All great Genius's have Faults mixed with their Virtues , and refemble the flaming Bush which has Thorns among Lights . i · ' SINCE therefore the Paffions are the Princi- 6 ples of human Actions ...
... attended with the greatest Perfections . All great Genius's have Faults mixed with their Virtues , and refemble the flaming Bush which has Thorns among Lights . i · ' SINCE therefore the Paffions are the Princi- 6 ples of human Actions ...
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