The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 190
Corrected from the Originals. You man , I confess ; yet I honour the gray head as much as any one ; however , when , in company with old men , I hear them speak obscurely , or reason pre- posterously ( into which absurdities , prejudice ...
Corrected from the Originals. You man , I confess ; yet I honour the gray head as much as any one ; however , when , in company with old men , I hear them speak obscurely , or reason pre- posterously ( into which absurdities , prejudice ...
Page 259
... honour would bestow upon an enemy barbarously treated , to recover the imputation of cruelty upon his prince and country . When Mr. Sentry had read his letter , full of many other circumstances which aggravate the barbarity , he fell ...
... honour would bestow upon an enemy barbarously treated , to recover the imputation of cruelty upon his prince and country . When Mr. Sentry had read his letter , full of many other circumstances which aggravate the barbarity , he fell ...
Page 379
... honour and decency . An open and assured behaviour , is the natural consequence of such a resolution . A man thus armed , if his words or actions are at any time misrepresented , retires within himself , and , from a consciousness of ...
... honour and decency . An open and assured behaviour , is the natural consequence of such a resolution . A man thus armed , if his words or actions are at any time misrepresented , retires within himself , and , from a consciousness of ...
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