The Spectator, Volume 6Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton, 1853 - Spectator (London, England : 1711) |
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Page 38
... tell thy dream , ' says that phi- losopher ; for though thou thyself mayest take a pleasure in telling thy dream , another will take no pleasure in hearing it . ' After this short preface , I must do justice to two or three visions ...
... tell thy dream , ' says that phi- losopher ; for though thou thyself mayest take a pleasure in telling thy dream , another will take no pleasure in hearing it . ' After this short preface , I must do justice to two or three visions ...
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... tell you that some of them are grown so bashful as to study only in the night time , or in the country . The other night I spied one of our young gentlemen very diligent at his lucubrations in Fleet - street ; and , by the way , I ...
... tell you that some of them are grown so bashful as to study only in the night time , or in the country . The other night I spied one of our young gentlemen very diligent at his lucubrations in Fleet - street ; and , by the way , I ...
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... tell them , that all other crimes put toge- ther could not equalize theirs , for they were guilty of murder , in not suffering those to be born which should proceed from them ; of impiety , in causing the names and honours of their ...
... tell them , that all other crimes put toge- ther could not equalize theirs , for they were guilty of murder , in not suffering those to be born which should proceed from them ; of impiety , in causing the names and honours of their ...
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... tell thee that I know them . I have had my share in their graces ; but no more of that . It shall be my business here- after to live the life of an honest man , and to act as becomes the master of a family . I question not but I shall ...
... tell thee that I know them . I have had my share in their graces ; but no more of that . It shall be my business here- after to live the life of an honest man , and to act as becomes the master of a family . I question not but I shall ...
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... tell us ? And who can magnify him as he is ? There are yet hid greater things than these be , for we have seen but a few of his works . ' I have here only considered the Supreme Being by the light of reason and philosophy . If we would ...
... tell us ? And who can magnify him as he is ? There are yet hid greater things than these be , for we have seen but a few of his works . ' I have here only considered the Supreme Being by the light of reason and philosophy . If we would ...
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