The British Essayists: SpectatorC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... Observing several to be very busy at the western end of the temple , I inquired into what they were doing , and found there was in that quarter the great magazine of rebuses . These were several things of the most different natures tied ...
... Observing several to be very busy at the western end of the temple , I inquired into what they were doing , and found there was in that quarter the great magazine of rebuses . These were several things of the most different natures tied ...
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... observe a man's life is half spent , before he is taken notice of ; and a woman in the prime of her years is out of fashion and neglected . The boy I shall consider upon some other occasion , and at present stick to the girl : and I am ...
... observe a man's life is half spent , before he is taken notice of ; and a woman in the prime of her years is out of fashion and neglected . The boy I shall consider upon some other occasion , and at present stick to the girl : and I am ...
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... observation , that unless you add something of your own to what these fine gentlemen teach you , and which they are wholly ignorant of themselves , you will much sooner get the character of an affected fop 22 NO . 67 . SPECTATOR .
... observation , that unless you add something of your own to what these fine gentlemen teach you , and which they are wholly ignorant of themselves , you will much sooner get the character of an affected fop 22 NO . 67 . SPECTATOR .
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... observe in this and several other precepts in this author , those little familiar instances and illustrations which are so much admired in the moral writings of Horace and Epictetus . There are very beautiful instances of this nature in ...
... observe in this and several other precepts in this author , those little familiar instances and illustrations which are so much admired in the moral writings of Horace and Epictetus . There are very beautiful instances of this nature in ...
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... observe the law in Ben Jonson's club , which orders the fire to be always kept in , focus perennis esto , as well for the convenience of lighting their pipes , as to cure the dampness of the club - room . They have an old woman in the ...
... observe the law in Ben Jonson's club , which orders the fire to be always kept in , focus perennis esto , as well for the convenience of lighting their pipes , as to cure the dampness of the club - room . They have an old woman in the ...
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Страница 205 - Calamy, with several living authors, who have published discourses of practical divinity. I no sooner saw this venerable man in the pulpit, but I very much approved of my friend's insisting upon the qualifications of a good aspect and a clear voice ; for I was so charmed with the gracefulness of his figure and delivery, as well as with the discourses he pronounced, that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction. A sermon repeated after this manner, is like the composition of a poet...
Страница 202 - ROGER'S Family, because it consists of sober and staid Persons; for as the Knight is the best Master in the World, he seldom changes his Servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his Servants never care for leaving him: By this Means his Domesticks are all in Years, and grown old with their Master. You would take his Valet...
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