The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... reafon interposes against instinct , ' where it would carry either out of the interests of the other , there arifes that happiest intercourse of good offices between those dearest relations of human life . The father , according to the ...
... reafon interposes against instinct , ' where it would carry either out of the interests of the other , there arifes that happiest intercourse of good offices between those dearest relations of human life . The father , according to the ...
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... reafon : fince fuppofing both equal in their natural integrity , I ought , in common prudence , to fear foul play from an indigent perfon , rather than from one whofe circumstances feem to have placed him above the bare temptation of ...
... reafon : fince fuppofing both equal in their natural integrity , I ought , in common prudence , to fear foul play from an indigent perfon , rather than from one whofe circumstances feem to have placed him above the bare temptation of ...
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... reafon to aid me against the defign up- on your virtue . But when that virtue began to com- " ply in my favour , my reafon made an effort over my " love , and let me fee the bafenefs of my behaviour in attempting a woman of honour . I ...
... reafon to aid me against the defign up- on your virtue . But when that virtue began to com- " ply in my favour , my reafon made an effort over my " love , and let me fee the bafenefs of my behaviour in attempting a woman of honour . I ...
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