The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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Page 11
... firft what to make of it , upon my reading it over very frequently I have at laft dif- covered feveral Conceits in it : I would not therefore have my Reader difcouraged if he does not take them at the first Perufal . To Mr. SPECTATOR ...
... firft what to make of it , upon my reading it over very frequently I have at laft dif- covered feveral Conceits in it : I would not therefore have my Reader difcouraged if he does not take them at the first Perufal . To Mr. SPECTATOR ...
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... firft he obliged Flavia to take , was by complaining to her that he had a Wife and three Children , and if fhe did not take that Letter , which , he was fure , there was no Harm in , but rather Love , his Family would go Supperlefs to ...
... firft he obliged Flavia to take , was by complaining to her that he had a Wife and three Children , and if fhe did not take that Letter , which , he was fure , there was no Harm in , but rather Love , his Family would go Supperlefs to ...
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... fuch as would find out their fecret Faults , and make a true Estimate of themselves . IN the firft Place , let them confider well what IN 22 N ° 399 : The SPECTATOR . the Subject of this Paper: I mean that Hypocri- ...
... fuch as would find out their fecret Faults , and make a true Estimate of themselves . IN the firft Place , let them confider well what IN 22 N ° 399 : The SPECTATOR . the Subject of this Paper: I mean that Hypocri- ...
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IN the firft Place , let them confider well what are the Characters which they bear among their Enemies . Our Friends very often flatter us , as much as our own Hearts . They either do not fee our Faults , or conceal them from us , or ...
IN the firft Place , let them confider well what are the Characters which they bear among their Enemies . Our Friends very often flatter us , as much as our own Hearts . They either do not fee our Faults , or conceal them from us , or ...
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... firft Ob- ject I met in the Coffee - Room was a Perfon who expreffed a great Grief for the Death of the French King ; but upon his explaining himself , I found his Sorrow did not arife from the Lofs of the Monarch , but for his having ...
... firft Ob- ject I met in the Coffee - Room was a Perfon who expreffed a great Grief for the Death of the French King ; but upon his explaining himself , I found his Sorrow did not arife from the Lofs of the Monarch , but for his having ...
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