The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 9
... feems did not occur to you Do but reflect upon the nonfenfe it makes men talk , the flames which it is faid to kindle , the tranfport it raifes , the dejection it caufes in the braveft men ; and if you do believe thofe things are ...
... feems did not occur to you Do but reflect upon the nonfenfe it makes men talk , the flames which it is faid to kindle , the tranfport it raifes , the dejection it caufes in the braveft men ; and if you do believe thofe things are ...
Page 21
... feems careful rather of preferving every perfon from being mean and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any fingle one eminent or extraordinary . And among thofe who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished ...
... feems careful rather of preferving every perfon from being mean and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any fingle one eminent or extraordinary . And among thofe who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished ...
Page 25
... feems fo improper a fubject for it , or that we are pleafed by fome implicit kind of revenge to fee him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in fome measure reduced to our own rank , who had fo far raised him felf above us in ...
... feems fo improper a fubject for it , or that we are pleafed by fome implicit kind of revenge to fee him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in fome measure reduced to our own rank , who had fo far raised him felf above us in ...
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... feems to carry any weight with it , viz . That fuch a poft would come too near the nature of a mono- poly . Now , Sir , because I would have all forts of people made eafy , and being willing to have more ftrings than one to my bow ; in ...
... feems to carry any weight with it , viz . That fuch a poft would come too near the nature of a mono- poly . Now , Sir , because I would have all forts of people made eafy , and being willing to have more ftrings than one to my bow ; in ...
Page 118
... feems to be wholly owing to the opinion they have of your fincerity . This quality is to attend the agreeable man in all the actions of his life ; and I think there need no more be faid in honour of it , than that it is what forces the ...
... feems to be wholly owing to the opinion they have of your fincerity . This quality is to attend the agreeable man in all the actions of his life ; and I think there need no more be faid in honour of it , than that it is what forces the ...
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