The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 140
... thefe Latin orators , which would have been defervedly laughed at by a common attorney . Under this head of writing I cannot omit accounts and fhort hand , which are learned with little pains , and very properly come into the number of ...
... thefe Latin orators , which would have been defervedly laughed at by a common attorney . Under this head of writing I cannot omit accounts and fhort hand , which are learned with little pains , and very properly come into the number of ...
Page 210
... thefe four heads , the fable , the characters , the fentiments , and the lan- guage , and made each of them the fubject of a parti- cular paper . I have in the next place fpoken of the cenfures which our author may incur under each of thefe ...
... thefe four heads , the fable , the characters , the fentiments , and the lan- guage , and made each of them the fubject of a parti- cular paper . I have in the next place fpoken of the cenfures which our author may incur under each of thefe ...
Page 262
... thefe many years laft paft , upon our pub-・ lic affairs , and from the natural tendency of several principles and practices , that have of late been ftudi- oufly revived , and from what has followed there- upon , I could not help both ...
... thefe many years laft paft , upon our pub-・ lic affairs , and from the natural tendency of several principles and practices , that have of late been ftudi- oufly revived , and from what has followed there- upon , I could not help both ...
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