The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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Page 106
... express . Our reve- rend friend , upon this topic , pointed out to us two or three paragraphs on this subject in the first sermon of the first volume of the late archbishop's posthu- mous works * . I do not know that I ever read any ...
... express . Our reve- rend friend , upon this topic , pointed out to us two or three paragraphs on this subject in the first sermon of the first volume of the late archbishop's posthu- mous works * . I do not know that I ever read any ...
Page 107
... express more kind- ness to every man , than men usually have for any man , he can hardly escape the censure of want of breeding . The old English plainness and sincerity , that generous integrity of nature , and honesty of disposition ...
... express more kind- ness to every man , than men usually have for any man , he can hardly escape the censure of want of breeding . The old English plainness and sincerity , that generous integrity of nature , and honesty of disposition ...
Page 168
... express by the name of witchcraft . But when I consider that the ignorant and credulous parts of the world abound most in these relations , and that the persons among us , who are supposed to engage in such an infernal commerce , are ...
... express by the name of witchcraft . But when I consider that the ignorant and credulous parts of the world abound most in these relations , and that the persons among us , who are supposed to engage in such an infernal commerce , are ...
Page 169
... express by the name of witchcraft . But when I consider that the ignorant and credulous parts of the world abound most in these relations , and that the persons among us , who are supposed to engage in such an infernal commerce , are ...
... express by the name of witchcraft . But when I consider that the ignorant and credulous parts of the world abound most in these relations , and that the persons among us , who are supposed to engage in such an infernal commerce , are ...
Page 178
... express every thing that had the most remote ap- pearance of being obscene , in modest terms and distant phrases ; whilst the clown , who had no such delicacy of conception and expression , clothed his ideas in those plain homely terms ...
... express every thing that had the most remote ap- pearance of being obscene , in modest terms and distant phrases ; whilst the clown , who had no such delicacy of conception and expression , clothed his ideas in those plain homely terms ...
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