The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page xii
... mean that can report what they have seen or heard ; and this through incapacity or prejudice , one of which disables almost every man who talks to you from re- presenting things as he ought . For which reason I am come to a resolution ...
... mean that can report what they have seen or heard ; and this through incapacity or prejudice , one of which disables almost every man who talks to you from re- presenting things as he ought . For which reason I am come to a resolution ...
Page xvii
... mean that wit , and a capacity to entertain , is what should be highly valued , except it is founded upon good - nature and humanity . There are many ingenious men whose abilities do little else but make themselves and those about them ...
... mean that wit , and a capacity to entertain , is what should be highly valued , except it is founded upon good - nature and humanity . There are many ingenious men whose abilities do little else but make themselves and those about them ...
Page xx
... means my estate , which is fee - simple , will come by the settlement proposed to your chil- dren begotten by me , whether they are males or fe- males ; but my children begotten upon you will not inherit your lands , except I beget a ...
... means my estate , which is fee - simple , will come by the settlement proposed to your chil- dren begotten by me , whether they are males or fe- males ; but my children begotten upon you will not inherit your lands , except I beget a ...
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... means suffer Minerva to take upon her the shape of any plenipotentiary con- cerned in this great work . I do further declare , that I shall not allow the Destinies to have had an hand in the deaths of the several thousands who have been ...
... means suffer Minerva to take upon her the shape of any plenipotentiary con- cerned in this great work . I do further declare , that I shall not allow the Destinies to have had an hand in the deaths of the several thousands who have been ...
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... means to have the first news brought her of the success I met with in court , how I am heard , and what decree is made . If I recite any thing in public , she cannot refrain from placing herself privately in some corner to hear , where ...
... means to have the first news brought her of the success I met with in court , how I am heard , and what decree is made . If I recite any thing in public , she cannot refrain from placing herself privately in some corner to hear , where ...
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