The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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... Some obfervations , which I made upon the occafion , I fhall communicate to the publick . A venerable grey - headed man , who had laid down the colick and who I found wanted an heir to his estate , snatched up an undutiful for , that ...
... Some obfervations , which I made upon the occafion , I fhall communicate to the publick . A venerable grey - headed man , who had laid down the colick and who I found wanted an heir to his estate , snatched up an undutiful for , that ...
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... Some very great writers have been guilty of this . fault . It is obferved of Tully in particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself justice . Does he think , fays Brutus ...
... Some very great writers have been guilty of this . fault . It is obferved of Tully in particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself justice . Does he think , fays Brutus ...
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that , there is some little pleasure in difcovering the infirmity of a great man , and feeing how the opi- nion he has of himself agrees with what the world entertains of him . The gentlemen of Port Royal , who were more eminent for ...
that , there is some little pleasure in difcovering the infirmity of a great man , and feeing how the opi- nion he has of himself agrees with what the world entertains of him . The gentlemen of Port Royal , who were more eminent for ...
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... some part of a military life not altogether unneceffary to the forming a Gentleman . I need not tell you , that in France , whofe fashions we • have been formerly fo fond of , almost every one ← derives his pretences to merit from the ...
... some part of a military life not altogether unneceffary to the forming a Gentleman . I need not tell you , that in France , whofe fashions we • have been formerly fo fond of , almost every one ← derives his pretences to merit from the ...
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... Some of our authors indeed , when they would be more fatirical than ordinary , omit only the vow- els of a great man's name , and fall most unmerci- fully upon all the confonants . This way of writ- ing was first of all introduced by T ...
... Some of our authors indeed , when they would be more fatirical than ordinary , omit only the vow- els of a great man's name , and fall most unmerci- fully upon all the confonants . This way of writ- ing was first of all introduced by T ...
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