The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English essays |
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... common sense , without the help of an instructor ; but that which we call common sense suffers under that word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and ...
... common sense , without the help of an instructor ; but that which we call common sense suffers under that word ; for it sometimes implies no more than that faculty which is common to all men , but sometimes signifies right reason , and ...
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... common nature ; if it only spreads among particular branches , there had better be none at all , since such a liberty only aggravates the misfortune of those who are de- prived of it , by setting before them a disagreca- ble subject of ...
... common nature ; if it only spreads among particular branches , there had better be none at all , since such a liberty only aggravates the misfortune of those who are de- prived of it , by setting before them a disagreca- ble subject of ...
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... common - place villany towards another . A coxcomb flushed with many of these infamous victories shall say he is sorry for the poor fools , protest and vow he never thought of matrimony , and wonder talking civilly can be so strangely ...
... common - place villany towards another . A coxcomb flushed with many of these infamous victories shall say he is sorry for the poor fools , protest and vow he never thought of matrimony , and wonder talking civilly can be so strangely ...
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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