The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 71
... thing that is new or uncommon , that he might encourage us in the Purfuit after Knowledge , and engage us to fearch into the Wonders of his Creation ; for every new Idea brings fuch a Pleasure along with it as rewards any Pains we have ...
... thing that is new or uncommon , that he might encourage us in the Purfuit after Knowledge , and engage us to fearch into the Wonders of his Creation ; for every new Idea brings fuch a Pleasure along with it as rewards any Pains we have ...
Page 127
... thing is more easily fent abroad , nothing received with more Welcome , nothing diffufes itself jo univerfally . I shall not defire , that if any Report to our Difadvantage has any Ground for it , you would overlook or extenuate it ...
... thing is more easily fent abroad , nothing received with more Welcome , nothing diffufes itself jo univerfally . I shall not defire , that if any Report to our Difadvantage has any Ground for it , you would overlook or extenuate it ...
Page 243
... thing . This falfe kind of Modefty has , perhaps , betrayed both Sexes into as many Vices as the most abandoned Impu ... thing that is repugnant to the Rules of right Reason : Falfe Modefty is alhamed to do any thing that is oppofite to ...
... thing . This falfe kind of Modefty has , perhaps , betrayed both Sexes into as many Vices as the most abandoned Impu ... thing that is repugnant to the Rules of right Reason : Falfe Modefty is alhamed to do any thing that is oppofite to ...
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