The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 146
... pieces of superfluous furniture , as quilts , toilets , hangings for closets , beds , window - curtains , easy - chairs ... piece of good housewifery , because they are made at home , and she has had some share in the performance . There ...
... pieces of superfluous furniture , as quilts , toilets , hangings for closets , beds , window - curtains , easy - chairs ... piece of good housewifery , because they are made at home , and she has had some share in the performance . There ...
Page 188
... piece of work , that he was glad it was not done upon the stage . Seeing afterwards Orestes in his raving fit , he grew more than ordinarily serious , and took oc- casion to moralize ( in his way ) upon an evil con- science , adding ...
... piece of work , that he was glad it was not done upon the stage . Seeing afterwards Orestes in his raving fit , he grew more than ordinarily serious , and took oc- casion to moralize ( in his way ) upon an evil con- science , adding ...
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... piece of natural carelessness and levity , rather than fortitude . The resolution of Socrates proceeded from very different motives , the consciousness of a well - spent life , and the prospect of a happy eternity . If the ingenious ...
... piece of natural carelessness and levity , rather than fortitude . The resolution of Socrates proceeded from very different motives , the consciousness of a well - spent life , and the prospect of a happy eternity . If the ingenious ...
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