The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 5
... 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 slain ...
... 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 slain ...
Page 8
... suffer ourselves to be thus impos- ed upon , in a case so plainly and clearly against our visible interest . His illustrations and arguments carried so much persuasion and conviction with them , that they remained a considerable while ...
... suffer ourselves to be thus impos- ed upon , in a case so plainly and clearly against our visible interest . His illustrations and arguments carried so much persuasion and conviction with them , that they remained a considerable while ...
Page 12
... suffer themselves to be blinded by this bewitching water ; the black tower is not vanished out of their sight ; they see it whenever they look up to it but see how they go sidewise , and with their eyes downwards , as if they were mad ...
... suffer themselves to be blinded by this bewitching water ; the black tower is not vanished out of their sight ; they see it whenever they look up to it but see how they go sidewise , and with their eyes downwards , as if they were mad ...
Page 18
... suffered without the absolute destruction of my Spec- tatorial dignity . The crimes of these offenders are placed under the observation of one of my chief offi- cers , who is posted just at the entrance of the pass be- . tween London ...
... suffered without the absolute destruction of my Spec- tatorial dignity . The crimes of these offenders are placed under the observation of one of my chief offi- cers , who is posted just at the entrance of the pass be- . tween London ...
Page 21
... suffer through their folly . It is not , however , for me to direct you what to do ; but in short , if our coachmen will drive on this trade , the very first of them that I do find meditating in the streets , I shall make bold to take ...
... suffer through their folly . It is not , however , for me to direct you what to do ; but in short , if our coachmen will drive on this trade , the very first of them that I do find meditating in the streets , I shall make bold to take ...
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