The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 92
... virtue . But when that virtue began to comply in my favour , my reason made an effort over my love , and let me see the baseness of my behaviour in attempting a woman of honour . I own to you , it was not without the most violent ...
... virtue . But when that virtue began to comply in my favour , my reason made an effort over my love , and let me see the baseness of my behaviour in attempting a woman of honour . I own to you , it was not without the most violent ...
Page 194
... virtue , which ought to be our first and principal care , was more usually acquired in the former . ' I intend therefore , in this letter , to offer at methods , by which I conceive boys might be made to improve in virtue as they ...
... virtue , which ought to be our first and principal care , was more usually acquired in the former . ' I intend therefore , in this letter , to offer at methods , by which I conceive boys might be made to improve in virtue as they ...
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... virtue in the son . 6 I take assurance to be the faculty of possessing a man's self , or of saying and doing indifferent things without any uneasiness or emotion in the mind . ' That which generally gives a man assurance is a moderate ...
... virtue in the son . 6 I take assurance to be the faculty of possessing a man's self , or of saying and doing indifferent things without any uneasiness or emotion in the mind . ' That which generally gives a man assurance is a moderate ...
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