The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 44
... feems , the hairs of his head as fo many fuckers , which if they had been fuffered to grow might have drawn away the nourishment from his chin , and by that means have starved his beard . I have read fomewhere that one of the popes ...
... feems , the hairs of his head as fo many fuckers , which if they had been fuffered to grow might have drawn away the nourishment from his chin , and by that means have starved his beard . I have read fomewhere that one of the popes ...
Page 108
... feems , And in herfelf compleat , fo well to know Her own , that what she wills to do or say , Seems wifeft , virtuoufeft , difcreeteft , beft ; All higher knowledge in her prefence falls Degraded , wifdom in difcourfe with ber Lofes ...
... feems , And in herfelf compleat , fo well to know Her own , that what she wills to do or say , Seems wifeft , virtuoufeft , difcreeteft , beft ; All higher knowledge in her prefence falls Degraded , wifdom in difcourfe with ber Lofes ...
Page 145
... feems to have fomething in it great and heroical . There is a particular merit in fuch a way of forgiving an enemy ; and the more violent and unprovoked the offence has been , the greater ftill is the merit of him who thus forgives it ...
... feems to have fomething in it great and heroical . There is a particular merit in fuch a way of forgiving an enemy ; and the more violent and unprovoked the offence has been , the greater ftill is the merit of him who thus forgives it ...
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