The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 - English essays |
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... occasion for them . cordingly we find that those parts of the world are the most healthy , where they subsist by the chase ; and that men lived longest when their lives were Ac- 1 employed in hunting , and when they had little food 2 No ...
... occasion for them . cordingly we find that those parts of the world are the most healthy , where they subsist by the chase ; and that men lived longest when their lives were Ac- 1 employed in hunting , and when they had little food 2 No ...
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... occasion excess ; nor in the second , any artificial provocatives to relieve satiety , and create a false appetite . Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking , it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple ; The first ...
... occasion excess ; nor in the second , any artificial provocatives to relieve satiety , and create a false appetite . Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking , it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple ; The first ...
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... occasion , and the occasion seldom be laid for it ; for those tempers who want mirth to be pleased , are like the constitutions which flag without the use of brandy . Therefore , I say , let your precept be , be easy . ' That mind is ...
... occasion , and the occasion seldom be laid for it ; for those tempers who want mirth to be pleased , are like the constitutions which flag without the use of brandy . Therefore , I say , let your precept be , be easy . ' That mind is ...
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... occasion , when he considered that he should soon see the wife whom he so much loved , and endear himself more to her , by this uncommon piece of generosity . The renegado , during the husband's absence , so insinuated himself into the ...
... occasion , when he considered that he should soon see the wife whom he so much loved , and endear himself more to her , by this uncommon piece of generosity . The renegado , during the husband's absence , so insinuated himself into the ...
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... occasion ; or ascribed this general favour to causes which had nothing to do towards it . But the young black- smith's being a gentleman was , methought , what created him good - will from his present equality with the mob about him ...
... occasion ; or ascribed this general favour to causes which had nothing to do towards it . But the young black- smith's being a gentleman was , methought , what created him good - will from his present equality with the mob about him ...
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