The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page iii
... thoughts , when I have endea- voured to draw , in some parts of these dis- courses , the character of a good - natured , honest , and accomplished gentleman . But such representations give my reader an idea of a person blameless only ...
... thoughts , when I have endea- voured to draw , in some parts of these dis- courses , the character of a good - natured , honest , and accomplished gentleman . But such representations give my reader an idea of a person blameless only ...
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... thought I saw her bosom still heave . There was certainly life yet still left ; I cried , she just now spoke to me but alas ! I grew giddy , and all things moved about me from the distemper of my own head ; for the best of women was ...
... thought I saw her bosom still heave . There was certainly life yet still left ; I cried , she just now spoke to me but alas ! I grew giddy , and all things moved about me from the distemper of my own head ; for the best of women was ...
Page xi
... thoughts and actions . Every thing which is false , vicious , or unworthy , is despicable to him , though all the world should approve it . At the same time he has the most lively sensibility in all enjoyments and sufferings which it is ...
... thoughts and actions . Every thing which is false , vicious , or unworthy , is despicable to him , though all the world should approve it . At the same time he has the most lively sensibility in all enjoyments and sufferings which it is ...
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... thought , whether upon business or amusement , with much tranquillity : I say inattention , because a late act of parliament ( a ) has secured all party liars from the penalty of a wager , and consequently made it unprofitable to attend ...
... thought , whether upon business or amusement , with much tranquillity : I say inattention , because a late act of parliament ( a ) has secured all party liars from the penalty of a wager , and consequently made it unprofitable to attend ...
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... thought is beautiful which is not just ; and no thought can be just which is not founded in truth , or at least in that which passes for such . In mock - heroic poems , the use of the heathen my- thology is not only excusable but ...
... thought is beautiful which is not just ; and no thought can be just which is not founded in truth , or at least in that which passes for such . In mock - heroic poems , the use of the heathen my- thology is not only excusable but ...
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