The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page x
... pass through afflictions in common with all who are in hu- man nature , yet their conscious integrity shall under- mine their affliction : nay , that very affliction shall add force to their integrity , from a reflection of the use of ...
... pass through afflictions in common with all who are in hu- man nature , yet their conscious integrity shall under- mine their affliction : nay , that very affliction shall add force to their integrity , from a reflection of the use of ...
Page xvii
... pass away the whiling moments and intervals of life ; for with them every hour is heavy that is not joyful . But there is a sort of man of wit and sense , that can reflect upon his own make , and that of his partner , with the eyes of ...
... pass away the whiling moments and intervals of life ; for with them every hour is heavy that is not joyful . But there is a sort of man of wit and sense , that can reflect upon his own make , and that of his partner , with the eyes of ...
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... passes for such . In mock - heroic poems , the use of the heathen my- thology is not only excusable but graceful , because it is the design of such compositions to divert , by adapting the fabulous machines of the ancients to low ...
... passes for such . In mock - heroic poems , the use of the heathen my- thology is not only excusable but graceful , because it is the design of such compositions to divert , by adapting the fabulous machines of the ancients to low ...
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... , who is posted just at the entrance of the pass be- . tween London and Westminster . As I have great confidence in the capacity , resolution , and integrity of the person deputed by me to give an account 18 No. 526 . THE SPECTATOR .
... , who is posted just at the entrance of the pass be- . tween London and Westminster . As I have great confidence in the capacity , resolution , and integrity of the person deputed by me to give an account 18 No. 526 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... the military cock of the hat : of all who strut , make a noise , and swear at the drivers of coaches to make haste , when they see it impossible they should pass ; of all young gentlemen in coach- 22 No. 526 . THE SPECTATOR .
... the military cock of the hat : of all who strut , make a noise , and swear at the drivers of coaches to make haste , when they see it impossible they should pass ; of all young gentlemen in coach- 22 No. 526 . THE SPECTATOR .
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