The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... himself , than fuch a know- ledge as can difcover the leaft appearance of perfection in him , and fuch a goodness as will proportion a re- ward to it . Let the ambitious man therefore turn all his defire of fame this way ; and that he ...
... himself , than fuch a know- ledge as can difcover the leaft appearance of perfection in him , and fuch a goodness as will proportion a re- ward to it . Let the ambitious man therefore turn all his defire of fame this way ; and that he ...
Page 161
... himself upon it , after the manner of the Eastern nations . He had not been long in this posture before he was discovered by fome of the guards , who asked him what was his business in that place ? The Dervife told them he intended to ...
... himself upon it , after the manner of the Eastern nations . He had not been long in this posture before he was discovered by fome of the guards , who asked him what was his business in that place ? The Dervife told them he intended to ...
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... himself on the tree of life , seems raised upon that paffage in the Iliad , where two deities are described , as perching on the top of an oak in the fhape of vultures * His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad ...
... himself on the tree of life , seems raised upon that paffage in the Iliad , where two deities are described , as perching on the top of an oak in the fhape of vultures * His planting himself at the ear of Eve under the form of a toad ...
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