The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... light to my unmarried readers , in a particular which is so essential to their following happiness or misery . A virtuous disposition , a good understanding , an agree- able person , and an easy fortune , are the things which should be ...
... light to my unmarried readers , in a particular which is so essential to their following happiness or misery . A virtuous disposition , a good understanding , an agree- able person , and an easy fortune , are the things which should be ...
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... that the Lady Fair will make use of the first light night to show B. T. she understands a marriage is not to be considered as a common bargain . T No. 523 . THURSDAY , October 30 , 1712 . No. 522 . XXI THE SPECTATOR .
... that the Lady Fair will make use of the first light night to show B. T. she understands a marriage is not to be considered as a common bargain . T No. 523 . THURSDAY , October 30 , 1712 . No. 522 . XXI THE SPECTATOR .
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... light , that makes him have recourse to such trifling anti- quated fables ; as a man may write a fine description of Bacchus or Apollo , that does not know how to draw the character of any of his contemporaries . In order therefore to ...
... light , that makes him have recourse to such trifling anti- quated fables ; as a man may write a fine description of Bacchus or Apollo , that does not know how to draw the character of any of his contemporaries . In order therefore to ...
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... light to the whole plain , which did sometimes outshine the light , and oppressed the beams of the adamantine pillar ; though by the observation I made afterwards , it ap- peared that it was not for any diminution of light , but that ...
... light to the whole plain , which did sometimes outshine the light , and oppressed the beams of the adamantine pillar ; though by the observation I made afterwards , it ap- peared that it was not for any diminution of light , but that ...
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... light , at which I greatly won- dered ; but as I looked and gazed round about me , and saw nothing , I begun to fancy my first vision had been but a dream , and there was no such thing in reality : but then I considered that if I could ...
... light , at which I greatly won- dered ; but as I looked and gazed round about me , and saw nothing , I begun to fancy my first vision had been but a dream , and there was no such thing in reality : but then I considered that if I could ...
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