The Spectator, Volume 9William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page xiii
... tion to public report , I have brought myself now to so great a perfection in inattention , more especially to party relations , that at the same time I seem with greedy ears to devour up the discourse , I certainly do not know one word ...
... tion to public report , I have brought myself now to so great a perfection in inattention , more especially to party relations , that at the same time I seem with greedy ears to devour up the discourse , I certainly do not know one word ...
Page xv
... tion . I am , sir , " Your most obedient " Humble servant . " Postscript to the Spectator , No. 502 . " N. B. There are in the play of the Self - Tormen- tor of Terence , which is allowed a most excellent comedy , several incidents ...
... tion . I am , sir , " Your most obedient " Humble servant . " Postscript to the Spectator , No. 502 . " N. B. There are in the play of the Self - Tormen- tor of Terence , which is allowed a most excellent comedy , several incidents ...
Page xvii
... tion in sickness and health ) 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 ...
... tion in sickness and health ) 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 ...
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... such a gentleman's way , gives his wife new pleasures and satisfactions . The approba tion of his words and actions is a continual new feast to her , nor can she enough applaud her good XVIII No. 522 . THE SPECTATOR .
... such a gentleman's way , gives his wife new pleasures and satisfactions . The approba tion of his words and actions is a continual new feast to her , nor can she enough applaud her good XVIII No. 522 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... tion and circumspection . I desire that the same rule may be extended to his whole fraternity of hea- then gods , it being my design to condemn every poem to the flames in which Jupiter thunders or exercises any other act of authority ...
... tion and circumspection . I desire that the same rule may be extended to his whole fraternity of hea- then gods , it being my design to condemn every poem to the flames in which Jupiter thunders or exercises any other act of authority ...
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