The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... paffion I then firft difcovered in him , he threw the papers into the fire , fwearing that fince he was not to read them , the man who writ them fhould never be fo happy as to have me read them over again . It is infignificant to tell ...
... paffion I then firft difcovered in him , he threw the papers into the fire , fwearing that fince he was not to read them , the man who writ them fhould never be fo happy as to have me read them over again . It is infignificant to tell ...
Page 18
... paffion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blufh within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd fhadow comes and goes ; Its empty being on thyfelf relies ; Step thou afide , and the frail charmer dies ...
... paffion move ? What kindled in thee this unpitied love ? Thy own warm blufh within the water glows ; With thee the colour'd fhadow comes and goes ; Its empty being on thyfelf relies ; Step thou afide , and the frail charmer dies ...
Page 38
... paffion for the glory of : his country , and fuch a refpectful gratitude to the me-mory of its princes . I must not omit , that the benevolence of my good old . friend , which flows out towards every one he converses 27 A & with , made ...
... paffion for the glory of : his country , and fuch a refpectful gratitude to the me-mory of its princes . I must not omit , that the benevolence of my good old . friend , which flows out towards every one he converses 27 A & with , made ...
Page 42
... paffion he did not believe I was fit for it , but only my mafter had a mind to make him think I had got a great way in my learning . I am fometimes a month behind other boys in getting the books my mafter gives orders for . All the boys ...
... paffion he did not believe I was fit for it , but only my mafter had a mind to make him think I had got a great way in my learning . I am fometimes a month behind other boys in getting the books my mafter gives orders for . All the boys ...
Page 70
... paffion for Homer ; but I lately met with a paffage in Plutarch which , if I am not very much mistaken , ftill gives us a clearer light into the motives of this action . Plutarch tells us , that Alexander in his youth had a mafter named ...
... paffion for Homer ; but I lately met with a paffage in Plutarch which , if I am not very much mistaken , ftill gives us a clearer light into the motives of this action . Plutarch tells us , that Alexander in his youth had a mafter named ...
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