The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 24
... imagine after such an ac- quaintance we might be exceeding merry with- out any offence , as in calling to mind how many in- ventions I had been put to in deluding the master , how many hands forged for excuses , how many times been sick ...
... imagine after such an ac- quaintance we might be exceeding merry with- out any offence , as in calling to mind how many in- ventions I had been put to in deluding the master , how many hands forged for excuses , how many times been sick ...
Page 50
... imagine ; and though we know you to be so elegant a judge of beauty , yet there is none among all your various cha- racters of fine women preferable to Miranda . In a word , she is never guilty of doing any thing but one amiss ( if she ...
... imagine ; and though we know you to be so elegant a judge of beauty , yet there is none among all your various cha- racters of fine women preferable to Miranda . In a word , she is never guilty of doing any thing but one amiss ( if she ...
Page 52
... imagine the confusion of the entertainer ; who finding some of his friends very uneasy , desired to tell them a story of a great man , one Mr Locke ( whom I find you frequently mention ) , that being in- vited to dine with the then ...
... imagine the confusion of the entertainer ; who finding some of his friends very uneasy , desired to tell them a story of a great man , one Mr Locke ( whom I find you frequently mention ) , that being in- vited to dine with the then ...
Page 67
... imagine , that you have , in some of your speculations , asserted to your readers the dignity of human nature . But you cannot be in- sensible that this is a controverted doctrine ; there are authors who consider human nature in a very ...
... imagine , that you have , in some of your speculations , asserted to your readers the dignity of human nature . But you cannot be in- sensible that this is a controverted doctrine ; there are authors who consider human nature in a very ...
Page 75
... imagine he lightly esteems of their sense when he thinks to impose upon them , and that he is less esteemed by them for his attempt in doing SO . His endeavor to glory at their expence becomes a ground of quarrel , and the scorn and ...
... imagine he lightly esteems of their sense when he thinks to impose upon them , and that he is less esteemed by them for his attempt in doing SO . His endeavor to glory at their expence becomes a ground of quarrel , and the scorn and ...
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