The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English essays |
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... to pass under the conduct of so well governed a spirit , were the blessings of Heaven upon wisdom and valor ; and all which seems adverse fell out by di- vine permission , which we are not to search into iy DEDICATION .
... to pass under the conduct of so well governed a spirit , were the blessings of Heaven upon wisdom and valor ; and all which seems adverse fell out by di- vine permission , which we are not to search into iy DEDICATION .
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... spirit of contradic- tion . These men do every thing which they are able to support , as if guilt and impunity could not go together . They choose a thing only because another dislikes it ; and affect forsooth an inviolable constancy in ...
... spirit of contradic- tion . These men do every thing which they are able to support , as if guilt and impunity could not go together . They choose a thing only because another dislikes it ; and affect forsooth an inviolable constancy in ...
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... spirit of comedy ; though it were to be wished the author had added a circumstance which should make Leucip- pe's business more odious . It must not be thought a digression from my in- tended speculation , to talk of bawds in a ...
... spirit of comedy ; though it were to be wished the author had added a circumstance which should make Leucip- pe's business more odious . It must not be thought a digression from my in- tended speculation , to talk of bawds in a ...
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... spirit , not only to my behavior and dis- course , but also a certain grace to all my actions in the commerce of life in all things , though never so remote from love . You know the predominant pas- sion spreads itself through all a ...
... spirit , not only to my behavior and dis- course , but also a certain grace to all my actions in the commerce of life in all things , though never so remote from love . You know the predominant pas- sion spreads itself through all a ...
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... spirit , or a lan- guishment of notes without any passion or common We hope those persons of sense and quality , who have done us the honor to subscribe , will not be ashamed of their patronage towards us , and not sense . receive ...
... spirit , or a lan- guishment of notes without any passion or common We hope those persons of sense and quality , who have done us the honor to subscribe , will not be ashamed of their patronage towards us , and not sense . receive ...
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