The Spectator, Volume 4Donaldson, 1766 |
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... prefent of fecret hiftory , by tranflat- ing all the looks of the next affembly of ladies ⚫ and gentlemen into words , to adorn fome future paper . I am , C & SIR , Your faithful friend , MARY HEART FREE " I Dear Mr. SPECTATOR , Have a ...
... prefent of fecret hiftory , by tranflat- ing all the looks of the next affembly of ladies ⚫ and gentlemen into words , to adorn fome future paper . I am , C & SIR , Your faithful friend , MARY HEART FREE " I Dear Mr. SPECTATOR , Have a ...
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... prefent , that they may ftill keep- him on the fame level with themselves . The like kind of confideration often stirs up the envy of fuch as were once his fuperiors , who think it a de- traction from their merit to fee another get ...
... prefent , that they may ftill keep- him on the fame level with themselves . The like kind of confideration often stirs up the envy of fuch as were once his fuperiors , who think it a de- traction from their merit to fee another get ...
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... prefent thirst , as it excites freth defires , and fets the foul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men are there who have got as much fame as they desired , and whofe thirst after it has not been as eager in the very height of ...
... prefent thirst , as it excites freth defires , and fets the foul on new enterprises . For how few ambitious men are there who have got as much fame as they desired , and whofe thirst after it has not been as eager in the very height of ...
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... prefent condition ? That inward pleasure and complacency , which he feels in doing good ? That delight and fatisfaction which he takes in the profperity and happinefs of another ? Thefe and the like virtues are the hidden beauties of a ...
... prefent condition ? That inward pleasure and complacency , which he feels in doing good ? That delight and fatisfaction which he takes in the profperity and happinefs of another ? Thefe and the like virtues are the hidden beauties of a ...
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... pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The firft of the letters with which I acquit myfelf for this day , is written by one who propofes to im prove our entertainments of dramatic poetry , and the other comes from ...
... pre- fent the reader fhall have from my correfpondents . The firft of the letters with which I acquit myfelf for this day , is written by one who propofes to im prove our entertainments of dramatic poetry , and the other comes from ...
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