The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1866 |
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... tural temper , studies , or conversations , directed him to the choice of his subject . -Id populus curat scilicet . Such informations cannot but be highly improving to the reader . In works of humour , especially when a man writes ...
... tural temper , studies , or conversations , directed him to the choice of his subject . -Id populus curat scilicet . Such informations cannot but be highly improving to the reader . In works of humour , especially when a man writes ...
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... tural tendency in the one to a melancholy moroseness , and in the other to a fantastic levity . The merry part of the world are very amiable , whilst they diffuse a cheerfulness through conversation at proper seasons and on proper ...
... tural tendency in the one to a melancholy moroseness , and in the other to a fantastic levity . The merry part of the world are very amiable , whilst they diffuse a cheerfulness through conversation at proper seasons and on proper ...
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... tural to them on other occasions , is the fear of shame , or their inability to support those whom they gave life to . I shall , therefore , show how this evil is prevented in other countries , as I have learned from those who have been ...
... tural to them on other occasions , is the fear of shame , or their inability to support those whom they gave life to . I shall , therefore , show how this evil is prevented in other countries , as I have learned from those who have been ...
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... tural honesty in it , which may , perhaps , please the public as much as myself . I shall not , therefore , scruple the giving it a place in my paper , which is designed for common use , and for the benefit of the poor as well as rich ...
... tural honesty in it , which may , perhaps , please the public as much as myself . I shall not , therefore , scruple the giving it a place in my paper , which is designed for common use , and for the benefit of the poor as well as rich ...
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... tural occasion , which the times threw in his way , of saying many severe ones , have so clouded his reputation , that most men now see him only in the light of a petulant , indiscreet writer , who reasoned from prejudice , and railed ...
... tural occasion , which the times threw in his way , of saying many severe ones , have so clouded his reputation , that most men now see him only in the light of a petulant , indiscreet writer , who reasoned from prejudice , and railed ...
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