The Spectator, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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Page 53
... reason interposes against instinct , where it would carry either out of the interests of the other , there arises that happiest intercourse of good offices between those dear- est relations of human life . The father , accord- ing to ...
... reason interposes against instinct , where it would carry either out of the interests of the other , there arises that happiest intercourse of good offices between those dear- est relations of human life . The father , accord- ing to ...
Page 199
... reason to cry out , as they say Brutus did , a little before his death : O virtue , I have worshipped thee as a substantial good , but I find thou art an empty name . ' But to return to our first point . Though Pru- dence does ...
... reason to cry out , as they say Brutus did , a little before his death : O virtue , I have worshipped thee as a substantial good , but I find thou art an empty name . ' But to return to our first point . Though Pru- dence does ...
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... reason and gratitude . But say what you can to one who has survived herself , and knows not how to act in a new being . My lovers are at the feet of my rivals , my rivals are every day bewailing me , and I cannot enjoy what I am , by reason ...
... reason and gratitude . But say what you can to one who has survived herself , and knows not how to act in a new being . My lovers are at the feet of my rivals , my rivals are every day bewailing me , and I cannot enjoy what I am , by reason ...
Contents
VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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