The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 54
... excellent faculty in mimickry my correfpondents tell me he can affume my air and give my taciturnity a flinefs which diverts more than any thing I could fay if I were prefent . Thus I am glad my filence is atoned for to the good company ...
... excellent faculty in mimickry my correfpondents tell me he can affume my air and give my taciturnity a flinefs which diverts more than any thing I could fay if I were prefent . Thus I am glad my filence is atoned for to the good company ...
Page 191
... excellent pieces among the an- cients , as well as most of thofe which have been written of late years in our own country , are raised upon con- trary plans . I muft however own , that I think this kind of fable , which is the most ...
... excellent pieces among the an- cients , as well as most of thofe which have been written of late years in our own country , are raised upon con- trary plans . I muft however own , that I think this kind of fable , which is the most ...
Page 215
... excellent a character , and as I cannot , I will not hope to have any intereft in her perfon , all that I can fay of her is but impartial praise extorted from me , by the prevailing brightnefs of her virtues . So rare a pattern of ...
... excellent a character , and as I cannot , I will not hope to have any intereft in her perfon , all that I can fay of her is but impartial praise extorted from me , by the prevailing brightnefs of her virtues . So rare a pattern of ...
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