The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 98
... laft tranfmigrations , I fell into the other extreme , and turned drone . As I one day headed a party to plunder an hive , we were received fo warmly by the fwarm which defended it , that we were most of us left dead upon the spot . 6 I ...
... laft tranfmigrations , I fell into the other extreme , and turned drone . As I one day headed a party to plunder an hive , we were received fo warmly by the fwarm which defended it , that we were most of us left dead upon the spot . 6 I ...
Page 136
... laft longeft . The arts of deceit and cun- ning do continually grow weaker and less effectual and serviceable to them that use them ; whereas integrity ' gains strength by ufe , and the more and longer any man practifeth it , the ...
... laft longeft . The arts of deceit and cun- ning do continually grow weaker and less effectual and serviceable to them that use them ; whereas integrity ' gains strength by ufe , and the more and longer any man practifeth it , the ...
Page 207
... laft view which he gives us of him , under the lowest state of mortification and difappointment . We fee him chewing afhes , grovelling in the dust , and loaden with fupernunierary pains and torments . On the contrary , our two firft ...
... laft view which he gives us of him , under the lowest state of mortification and difappointment . We fee him chewing afhes , grovelling in the dust , and loaden with fupernunierary pains and torments . On the contrary , our two firft ...
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