The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... character he is fo induf- trious to advance by it . For though his actions are never fo glorious , they lofe their luftre when they are drawn at large , and fet to fhow by his own hand ; and as the world is more apt to find fault than ...
... character he is fo induf- trious to advance by it . For though his actions are never fo glorious , they lofe their luftre when they are drawn at large , and fet to fhow by his own hand ; and as the world is more apt to find fault than ...
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... character of Emilia is not an imaginary but a real one . I have industriously ob- It This Paper No 302 , has been claimed by Mr. Duncombe , for Mr. John Hughes . See " Letters of John Hughes , Efq ; and fe- " veral other eminent perfons ...
... character of Emilia is not an imaginary but a real one . I have industriously ob- It This Paper No 302 , has been claimed by Mr. Duncombe , for Mr. John Hughes . See " Letters of John Hughes , Efq ; and fe- " veral other eminent perfons ...
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Mammon's character is fo fully drawn in the first book , that the poet adds nothing to it in the fecond . We were before told , that he was the first who taught mankind to ranfack the earth for gold and filver , and that he was the ...
Mammon's character is fo fully drawn in the first book , that the poet adds nothing to it in the fecond . We were before told , that he was the first who taught mankind to ranfack the earth for gold and filver , and that he was the ...
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