The Spectator, Volume 4Alexander Chalmers |
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Page 48
... turn . Now , Sir , what I would desire of you is , to represent to this fluttering tribe of young fel- lows , who are for making their fortunes by these in- direct means , that stealing a man's daughter for the sake of her portion , is ...
... turn . Now , Sir , what I would desire of you is , to represent to this fluttering tribe of young fel- lows , who are for making their fortunes by these in- direct means , that stealing a man's daughter for the sake of her portion , is ...
Page 80
... turn to an ad- vantage in the next . Let the sycophant or buf- foon , the satirist or the good companion , consider ... turning his friend into ridicule , that nobody outdid him at an ill - natured jest , or that he never went to bed ...
... turn to an ad- vantage in the next . Let the sycophant or buf- foon , the satirist or the good companion , consider ... turning his friend into ridicule , that nobody outdid him at an ill - natured jest , or that he never went to bed ...
Page 109
... turn of words and sen- timents , as cannot be sufficiently admired * . I shall close my reflections upon this book , with observing the masterly transition which the poet makes to their evening worship in the following lines , Thus at ...
... turn of words and sen- timents , as cannot be sufficiently admired * . I shall close my reflections upon this book , with observing the masterly transition which the poet makes to their evening worship in the following lines , Thus at ...
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