The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 106
... fhew you are well inclined towards them : What then can be more abfurd , than to fet up for being extremely sharp and biting , as the Term is , in your Ex- preffions to your Familiars ? A Man who has no good Quality but Courage is in a ...
... fhew you are well inclined towards them : What then can be more abfurd , than to fet up for being extremely sharp and biting , as the Term is , in your Ex- preffions to your Familiars ? A Man who has no good Quality but Courage is in a ...
Page 209
... fhew that the Love of them is a fpecial Antidote againft Immorality and Vice , and that the ⚫ fame does likewife naturally difpofe Men to Actions of Piety and Devotion : All which I can make out by my own Experience , who think my felf ...
... fhew that the Love of them is a fpecial Antidote againft Immorality and Vice , and that the ⚫ fame does likewife naturally difpofe Men to Actions of Piety and Devotion : All which I can make out by my own Experience , who think my felf ...
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... fhew the Town his great Capacity for acting in its full Light , by introducing him as dictating to a Set of young Players , in what manner to fpeak this Sentence , and utter t'other Paffion -He had fo exquifite a Dif- cerning of what ...
... fhew the Town his great Capacity for acting in its full Light , by introducing him as dictating to a Set of young Players , in what manner to fpeak this Sentence , and utter t'other Paffion -He had fo exquifite a Dif- cerning of what ...
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