The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Том 8George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... character of Sir Roger de Coverley , and on his own situation STEELE 545 Letter from the emperor of China to the pope- Note from Mr. Sly • 546 On dishonest dealing - Cibber's Heroic Daughter -Letter on a generous benefactor 547 Cures ...
... character of Sir Roger de Coverley , and on his own situation STEELE 545 Letter from the emperor of China to the pope- Note from Mr. Sly • 546 On dishonest dealing - Cibber's Heroic Daughter -Letter on a generous benefactor 547 Cures ...
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... characters of mankind · · • 565 On the nature of man - of the Supreme Being 566 Letters on military life , by various soldiers 567 Method of political writers affecting secrecy ; spe- cimen ADDISON UNKNOWN . ADDISON 568 Coffee - house ...
... characters of mankind · · • 565 On the nature of man - of the Supreme Being 566 Letters on military life , by various soldiers 567 Method of political writers affecting secrecy ; spe- cimen ADDISON UNKNOWN . ADDISON 568 Coffee - house ...
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... character , but I am confirmed in the truth which I have , I think , heard spoken at the club ; to wit , that a man of a warm and well - disposed heart , with a very small capacity , is highly superior in human society to him who , with ...
... character , but I am confirmed in the truth which I have , I think , heard spoken at the club ; to wit , that a man of a warm and well - disposed heart , with a very small capacity , is highly superior in human society to him who , with ...
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... character of a soldier , than to tell you he is the very contrary to him you observe loud , saucy , and overbearing , in a red coat about town . But I was going to tell you that , in honour of the profession of arms , I have set apart a ...
... character of a soldier , than to tell you he is the very contrary to him you observe loud , saucy , and overbearing , in a red coat about town . But I was going to tell you that , in honour of the profession of arms , I have set apart a ...
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... characters have an affinity to his . I would have all my friends know , that they need not fear ( though I am become a country gen- tleman ) I will trespass against their temperance and sobriety . No , sir , I shall retain so much of ...
... characters have an affinity to his . I would have all my friends know , that they need not fear ( though I am become a country gen- tleman ) I will trespass against their temperance and sobriety . No , sir , I shall retain so much of ...
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Страница 75 - There was a certain lady of a thin airy shape, •who was very active in this solemnity. She carried a magnifying glass in one of her hands, and was clothed in a loose flowing robe, embroidered with several figures of fiends and spectres, that discovered themselves in a thousand chimerical shapes as her garment hovered in the wind.
Страница 173 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Страница 183 - ... the fleets of England. I know when a man talks of posterity in matters of this nature, he is looked upon with an eye of ridicule by the cunning and selfish part of mankind. Most people are of the humour of an old Fellow of a college, who, when he was pressed by the society to come into something that might redound to the good of their successors, grew very peevish : " We are always doing," says he, " something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.
Страница 80 - ... with it contentedly, being very well pleased that he had not been left to his own choice, as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot.