The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 93
... virtue falls into a misfortune , it raises our pity , but not our terror , becaufe we do not fear that it may be our own cafe , who do not refemble the fuffering perfon . ' But as that great philofopher adds , ' if we fee a man of virtue ...
... virtue falls into a misfortune , it raises our pity , but not our terror , becaufe we do not fear that it may be our own cafe , who do not refemble the fuffering perfon . ' But as that great philofopher adds , ' if we fee a man of virtue ...
Page 215
... virtues . So rare a pattern of female excellence ought not to be concealed , but should be fet out to the view and imi- tation of the world ; for how amiable does virtue appear thus , as it were , made vifible to us , in so fair an ...
... virtues . So rare a pattern of female excellence ought not to be concealed , but should be fet out to the view and imi- tation of the world ; for how amiable does virtue appear thus , as it were , made vifible to us , in so fair an ...
Page 301
... 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 own to you , it was not without the most violent ...
... 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 own to you , it was not without the most violent ...
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