The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 - English essays |
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Page 101
... body of men . The sight of them is enough to make a man serious , for we may lay it down as a maxim , that when a na- tion abounds in physicians , it grows thin of people . Sir William Temple is very much puzzled to find out a reason ...
... body of men . The sight of them is enough to make a man serious , for we may lay it down as a maxim , that when a na- tion abounds in physicians , it grows thin of people . Sir William Temple is very much puzzled to find out a reason ...
Page 169
... body laughs about him ; False Humour is always laugh- ing , whilst every body about him looks serious . I shall only add , if he has not in him a mixture of both parents , that is , if he would pass for the offspring of Wit without ...
... body laughs about him ; False Humour is always laugh- ing , whilst every body about him looks serious . I shall only add , if he has not in him a mixture of both parents , that is , if he would pass for the offspring of Wit without ...
Page 315
... bodies of forces which I had before seen in the temple , who were now drawn up in array , and prepared to give their ... body , with a design to stand upon their guard as neuters , and attend the issue of the combat . I must here inform ...
... bodies of forces which I had before seen in the temple , who were now drawn up in array , and prepared to give their ... body , with a design to stand upon their guard as neuters , and attend the issue of the combat . I must here inform ...
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