The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judgment , others for their happinefs of expreffion ; fome for the laying of fchemes , fchemes , and others for the put-ting of them in DEDICATION .
... for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judgment , others for their happinefs of expreffion ; fome for the laying of fchemes , fchemes , and others for the put-ting of them in DEDICATION .
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... behaviour to each other have rather the impatient fondness which is vifible in lovers , than the regular and gratified affection which is to be obferved in man and wife . • This observation made the father very anxious for his fon , and ...
... behaviour to each other have rather the impatient fondness which is vifible in lovers , than the regular and gratified affection which is to be obferved in man and wife . • This observation made the father very anxious for his fon , and ...
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... behaviour to the fuperior Being , who had vouchfafed to be his gueft ; the folemn hail which the angel beftows upon the mother of mankind , with the figure of Eve miniftring at the table ; are circumstances which deferve to be admired ...
... behaviour to the fuperior Being , who had vouchfafed to be his gueft ; the folemn hail which the angel beftows upon the mother of mankind , with the figure of Eve miniftring at the table ; are circumstances which deferve to be admired ...
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... behaviour of gentlemen in those coffee - houses where women officiate , and impatiently waited to fee you take India and China ' fhops into confideration : But fince you have pafs'd us over in filence , either that you have not as yet ...
... behaviour of gentlemen in those coffee - houses where women officiate , and impatiently waited to fee you take India and China ' fhops into confideration : But fince you have pafs'd us over in filence , either that you have not as yet ...
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... behaviour any confcioufnefs that he is fuperior to the rest of the world . Or , to fay it otherwise , it is the duty of a great perfon fo to demean himself , as that whatever endowments he may have , he may appear to value himself upon ...
... behaviour any confcioufnefs that he is fuperior to the rest of the world . Or , to fay it otherwise , it is the duty of a great perfon fo to demean himself , as that whatever endowments he may have , he may appear to value himself upon ...
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