The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 217
... those who read their • Works ; because , fays he , if Calumnies have always been the delight of their Hearers , and a gratification of those Perfons who have no other Advantage over honest Men , is not he who takes pleasure in reading ...
... those who read their • Works ; because , fays he , if Calumnies have always been the delight of their Hearers , and a gratification of those Perfons who have no other Advantage over honest Men , is not he who takes pleasure in reading ...
Page 226
... those who are born in different Centu- ries . Men of Six o'Clock give way to thofe of Nine , they of Nine to the Generation of Twelve , and they of Twelve disappear , and make Room for the fashionable World , who have made Two o'Clock ...
... those who are born in different Centu- ries . Men of Six o'Clock give way to thofe of Nine , they of Nine to the Generation of Twelve , and they of Twelve disappear , and make Room for the fashionable World , who have made Two o'Clock ...
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... those of the highest Rank ; and his Good - nature is a fufficient Warrant against the want of those who are fo unhappy as to be in the very loweft . One may fay of him , as Pindar bids his Mufe say of Theron ; Swear , that Theron fure ...
... those of the highest Rank ; and his Good - nature is a fufficient Warrant against the want of those who are fo unhappy as to be in the very loweft . One may fay of him , as Pindar bids his Mufe say of Theron ; Swear , that Theron fure ...
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