The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 107
The good Writer makes his Reader better pleafed with himself , and the agreeable Man makes his Friends enjoy themselves , rather than him , while he is in their Company . Callifthenes does this with inimitable Pleafantry .
The good Writer makes his Reader better pleafed with himself , and the agreeable Man makes his Friends enjoy themselves , rather than him , while he is in their Company . Callifthenes does this with inimitable Pleafantry .
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THAT as foon as he has forgot himself , he will wait on the Company . HIS Indifpofition was allowed to be fufficient to require a Ceffation from Company . The Memorial of Frank Jolly . < • T HAT he hath put himself into the Infirmary ...
THAT as foon as he has forgot himself , he will wait on the Company . HIS Indifpofition was allowed to be fufficient to require a Ceffation from Company . The Memorial of Frank Jolly . < • T HAT he hath put himself into the Infirmary ...
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I have known one of thefe Gentlemen think himself obliged to forget the Day of an Appointment , and fometimes even that you fpoke to him , and when you fee ' em , they hope you'll pardon ' em , for they have'the worst Memory in the ...
I have known one of thefe Gentlemen think himself obliged to forget the Day of an Appointment , and fometimes even that you fpoke to him , and when you fee ' em , they hope you'll pardon ' em , for they have'the worst Memory in the ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 6 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jan 4, 2007 |
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