Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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... themselves , they went out in a kind of frolic , which Mercator had proposed in the vehemence of his paffion , and to which Flavilla had confented in the giddinefs of her indiscretion , and were married at May - Fair . In the first ...
... themselves , they went out in a kind of frolic , which Mercator had proposed in the vehemence of his paffion , and to which Flavilla had confented in the giddinefs of her indiscretion , and were married at May - Fair . In the first ...
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... themselves . Among the politest of our neighbours , there are a thousand customs kept up , which would fill the moft unculti- vated favage with horror , and give him , if possible , a ftill more contemptible idea of chriftianity ...
... themselves . Among the politest of our neighbours , there are a thousand customs kept up , which would fill the moft unculti- vated favage with horror , and give him , if possible , a ftill more contemptible idea of chriftianity ...
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... themselves . What , then , would men of this exalted benevolence think of the British nation , were they to fee with what folemnity the right of murdering an innocent par- tridge , or a harmless hare , is fettled by the legisla- tive ...
... themselves . What , then , would men of this exalted benevolence think of the British nation , were they to fee with what folemnity the right of murdering an innocent par- tridge , or a harmless hare , is fettled by the legisla- tive ...
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... themselves , confeffed their folly , refolved to oppofe the excurfions of paffion , and for fome time lived with all the appearance of a durable felicity . But when paffion has once got the head , reason vainly attempts to guide the ...
... themselves , confeffed their folly , refolved to oppofe the excurfions of paffion , and for fome time lived with all the appearance of a durable felicity . But when paffion has once got the head , reason vainly attempts to guide the ...
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... fenfuality and impiety , are the leading features of their conduct . They plunge into a dangerous gulph of fin and abfurd ambition ; connecting themselves with the most moft loose and profligate , and facrificing their all at [ 45 ]
... fenfuality and impiety , are the leading features of their conduct . They plunge into a dangerous gulph of fin and abfurd ambition ; connecting themselves with the most moft loose and profligate , and facrificing their all at [ 45 ]
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addrefs affection affiftance againſt Alcander almoſt ANECDOTE anſwer aſked beauty becauſe Caliph cauſe Cephifus Clarinda Clodio confent confequence confiderable courſe cuſtom defire difpofition diſcovered diſtreſs eſteem eyes faid fame father fatisfaction fecret fecure feemed fenfible fent feveral fhall fhewed fhort firſt fituation fix franks Flavilla fome fometimes foon fortune foul friendſhip ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpicion fure gentleman greateſt happineſs happy herſelf himſelf honour houſe huſband increaſe intereft itſelf juſt lady laſt Laura leaſt lefs Lord of Abergavenny meaſure Mencius Mercator mind moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffion peaſant perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent promiſed purpoſe raiſed reaſon reflection ſaid ſee ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe vifits Vincent virtue whofe whoſe wife wiſhes