The Spectator, Volume 2J. J. Woodward, 1830 |
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Page 149
... reflection we make on ourselves at the time of reading it . When we look on such hideous objects , we are not a little pleased to think we are in Do danger of them . We consider them at the same time , as dreadful and harmless ; so that ...
... reflection we make on ourselves at the time of reading it . When we look on such hideous objects , we are not a little pleased to think we are in Do danger of them . We consider them at the same time , as dreadful and harmless ; so that ...
Page 189
... reflection , how much I mitigate a good man's pains , whose welfare depends upon my assiduity about him , that I willingly ex- clude the loose gratifications of passion for the solid reflections of duty . I know not whether any man's ...
... reflection , how much I mitigate a good man's pains , whose welfare depends upon my assiduity about him , that I willingly ex- clude the loose gratifications of passion for the solid reflections of duty . I know not whether any man's ...
Page 197
... reflection to see the world the discourse of his private economy , and so prettily checkered since I left Richmond , made him give me an account of the charge , and the scene still filling with children of a hazard , profit , and loss ...
... reflection to see the world the discourse of his private economy , and so prettily checkered since I left Richmond , made him give me an account of the charge , and the scene still filling with children of a hazard , profit , and loss ...
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