The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... nature , and what perhaps may never meet with a parallel , I think I should not have discharged the office of a faithful Specta- tor , had not I recorded it . I have , in former papers , endeavoured to expose this party - rage in women ...
... nature , and what perhaps may never meet with a parallel , I think I should not have discharged the office of a faithful Specta- tor , had not I recorded it . I have , in former papers , endeavoured to expose this party - rage in women ...
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... nature has en- dowed them . When the Romans and Sabines were at war , and just upon the point of giving battle , the women , who were allied to both of them , interposed with so many tears and intreaties , that they prevented the mutual ...
... nature has en- dowed them . When the Romans and Sabines were at war , and just upon the point of giving battle , the women , who were allied to both of them , interposed with so many tears and intreaties , that they prevented the mutual ...
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... nature , which makes him incapable of having a pro- perty in any thing . His fortune , his reputation , his time , and his capacity , are at any man's service that comes first . When he was at school he was whipped thrice a week for ...
... nature , which makes him incapable of having a pro- perty in any thing . His fortune , his reputation , his time , and his capacity , are at any man's service that comes first . When he was at school he was whipped thrice a week for ...
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... nature are pictures , insomuch that when I have found the weather set in to be very bad , I have taken a whole day's journey to see a gallery that is furnished by the hands of great masters . By this means , when the heavens are filled ...
... nature are pictures , insomuch that when I have found the weather set in to be very bad , I have taken a whole day's journey to see a gallery that is furnished by the hands of great masters . By this means , when the heavens are filled ...
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... nature , who was dressed in the habit of a Dutchman , and known by the name of Industry .. His figures were wonderfully laboured . If he drew the portraiture of a man , he did not omit a single hair in his face ; if the figure of a ship ...
... nature , who was dressed in the habit of a Dutchman , and known by the name of Industry .. His figures were wonderfully laboured . If he drew the portraiture of a man , he did not omit a single hair in his face ; if the figure of a ship ...
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