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... Spirits Whetters ...... 139. Women more improveable than Men -On Courtship - The Author's Dis- coveries by the Use of his Ring ...... ADDISON STEELE STEELE No. 140. Letters on a charitable Provision for poor Boys CONTENTS . vii.
... Spirits Whetters ...... 139. Women more improveable than Men -On Courtship - The Author's Dis- coveries by the Use of his Ring ...... ADDISON STEELE STEELE No. 140. Letters on a charitable Provision for poor Boys CONTENTS . vii.
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... and Cibber ............. 183. Decay of Public Spirit - Character of Regulus . 184. On Marriage and the customary Cere- monies - Impertinence of Wags ...... STEELE THE TATLER . No. 106. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 13 , CONTENTS . xi.
... and Cibber ............. 183. Decay of Public Spirit - Character of Regulus . 184. On Marriage and the customary Cere- monies - Impertinence of Wags ...... STEELE THE TATLER . No. 106. TUESDAY , DECEMBER 13 , CONTENTS . xi.
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... spirits have been labour- ing to advance since the beginning of the world . The very design of dress , good - breeding , outward ornaments , and ceremony , were to lift up human nature , and set it off to an advantage . Architec- ture ...
... spirits have been labour- ing to advance since the beginning of the world . The very design of dress , good - breeding , outward ornaments , and ceremony , were to lift up human nature , and set it off to an advantage . Architec- ture ...
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... spirit with high raptures , by propor- tioning the shows of things to the desires of the mind , and not submitting the mind to things , as reason and history do . And by these allurements and congruities , whereby it cherisheth the soul ...
... spirit with high raptures , by propor- tioning the shows of things to the desires of the mind , and not submitting the mind to things , as reason and history do . And by these allurements and congruities , whereby it cherisheth the soul ...
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... spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike , No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time . " This admirable author , as well as the best and greatest men of ...
... spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike , No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time . " This admirable author , as well as the best and greatest men of ...
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