The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page viii
... mind , that the affliction it is un- der flows from a virtuous cause . My concern is not indeed so outrageous as the first transport ; for I think it has subsided rather into a soberer state of mind than any actual perturbation of ...
... mind , that the affliction it is un- der flows from a virtuous cause . My concern is not indeed so outrageous as the first transport ; for I think it has subsided rather into a soberer state of mind than any actual perturbation of ...
Page x
... mind in the same instant ; and when immediately after I saw the pangs of death come upon that dear body which I had often embrac- ed with transport , when I saw those cherishing eyes begin to be ghastly , and their last struggle to be ...
... mind in the same instant ; and when immediately after I saw the pangs of death come upon that dear body which I had often embrac- ed with transport , when I saw those cherishing eyes begin to be ghastly , and their last struggle to be ...
Page xvii
... ) with the utmost grati- tude , whether , from that moment , she is shining or defective in person or mind : I say , there are those who think themselves bound to supply with good- nature the No. 522 . XVII THE SPECTATOR .
... ) with the utmost grati- tude , whether , from that moment , she is shining or defective in person or mind : I say , there are those who think themselves bound to supply with good- nature the No. 522 . XVII THE SPECTATOR .
Page xix
... mind more improved , and her heart more glad , from every circumstance which they meet with . He will lay out his invention in forming new pleasures and amusements , and make the fortune she has brought him subservient to the honor and ...
... mind more improved , and her heart more glad , from every circumstance which they meet with . He will lay out his invention in forming new pleasures and amusements , and make the fortune she has brought him subservient to the honor and ...
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... mind , fatigu- ed with thought , gave way to the forcible oppres- sions of slumber and sleep , whilst fancy , unwilling yet to drop the subject , presented me with the fol- lowing vision . " Methought I was just awoke out of a sleep 8 ...
... mind , fatigu- ed with thought , gave way to the forcible oppres- sions of slumber and sleep , whilst fancy , unwilling yet to drop the subject , presented me with the fol- lowing vision . " Methought I was just awoke out of a sleep 8 ...
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