The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Том 8George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... virtue . The advantages of action , show , and dress , on these occasions , are allowable , because the merit consists in being capable of imposing upon us to our advantage and entertainment . All that I was going to say about the ...
... virtue . The advantages of action , show , and dress , on these occasions , are allowable , because the merit consists in being capable of imposing upon us to our advantage and entertainment . All that I was going to say about the ...
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... virtue . " Tous les hommes sont fous , et malgré tous leurs soins , Ne différent entre eux , que du plus et du moins . " " All men , " says he , " are fools , and , in spite of their endeavours to the contrary , differ from one another ...
... virtue . " Tous les hommes sont fous , et malgré tous leurs soins , Ne différent entre eux , que du plus et du moins . " " All men , " says he , " are fools , and , in spite of their endeavours to the contrary , differ from one another ...
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... virtues by their successes . cannot think of one real hero in all antiquity so far raised above human infirmities , that he might not be very naturally represented in a tragedy as plunged in misfortunes and calamities . The poet may ...
... virtues by their successes . cannot think of one real hero in all antiquity so far raised above human infirmities , that he might not be very naturally represented in a tragedy as plunged in misfortunes and calamities . The poet may ...
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... virtue ; nor a foe to any but those of vice and folly . Though I make more noise in the world than I used to do , I am still resolved to act in it as an indifferent spectator . It is not my ambition to in- crease the number either of ...
... virtue ; nor a foe to any but those of vice and folly . Though I make more noise in the world than I used to do , I am still resolved to act in it as an indifferent spectator . It is not my ambition to in- crease the number either of ...
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... virtue ; and so long as he acts with an eye to these principles , whatever party he is of , he cannot fail of being a good Englishman , and a lover of his country . As for the persons concerned in this work , the names of all of them ...
... virtue ; and so long as he acts with an eye to these principles , whatever party he is of , he cannot fail of being a good Englishman , and a lover of his country . As for the persons concerned in this work , the names of all of them ...
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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.