The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 336
... tion of some poor scholar , who is willing to be ba- nished for thirty pounds a - year and a little victuals , send him crying and snivelling into foreign coun- tries . Thus he spends his time as children do at puppet - shows , and with ...
... tion of some poor scholar , who is willing to be ba- nished for thirty pounds a - year and a little victuals , send him crying and snivelling into foreign coun- tries . Thus he spends his time as children do at puppet - shows , and with ...
Page 365
... tion to his depreciating a character more sacred . Consider all the different pursuits and employments of men , and you will find half their actions tend to nothing else but disguise and imposture ; and all that is done which proceeds ...
... tion to his depreciating a character more sacred . Consider all the different pursuits and employments of men , and you will find half their actions tend to nothing else but disguise and imposture ; and all that is done which proceeds ...
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... tion , who , though they are not able to meet a man's eyes , or pronounce a sentence without confusion , can voluntarily commit the greatest villanies , or most indecent actions . Such a person seems to have made a resolution to do ill ...
... tion , who , though they are not able to meet a man's eyes , or pronounce a sentence without confusion , can voluntarily commit the greatest villanies , or most indecent actions . Such a person seems to have made a resolution to do ill ...
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