The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... those who fhall read the fur- prifing revolutions in your ftory , to be made acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ? How pleafing would it be to hear that the fame man , who had carried fire and fword into the countries of ...
... those who fhall read the fur- prifing revolutions in your ftory , to be made acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ? How pleafing would it be to hear that the fame man , who had carried fire and fword into the countries of ...
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... those to come , as it does to his contemporaries , that all the great events which were brought to pass under the conduct of fo well - governed a spirit , were the bleffings of heaven upon wisdom and valour ; and all which feem ad ...
... those to come , as it does to his contemporaries , that all the great events which were brought to pass under the conduct of fo well - governed a spirit , were the bleffings of heaven upon wisdom and valour ; and all which feem ad ...
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by an ufurpation upon those whom he had enflaved ; but the prince of Mindlebeim may rejoice in a fovereignty which was the gift of him whofe dominions he had pre- ferved . Glory established upon the un- interrupted fuccefs of honourable ...
by an ufurpation upon those whom he had enflaved ; but the prince of Mindlebeim may rejoice in a fovereignty which was the gift of him whofe dominions he had pre- ferved . Glory established upon the un- interrupted fuccefs of honourable ...
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... those who have . For fince they cannot raise themfelves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they muft en- deavour to fink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themfelves upon a level with them . The greatest wits ...
... those who have . For fince they cannot raise themfelves to the reputation of their fellow - writers , they muft en- deavour to fink it to their own pitch , if they would still keep themfelves upon a level with them . The greatest wits ...
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... those which are the most known , and the most received , they are placed in fo beautiful a light , and illuftrated with such apt allufions , that they have in them all the graces of novelty , and make the reader , who was before ...
... those which are the most known , and the most received , they are placed in fo beautiful a light , and illuftrated with such apt allufions , that they have in them all the graces of novelty , and make the reader , who was before ...
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