The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... character or significancy in it . To be ever unconcerned , and ever looking on new objects with an endless curiosity , is a delight known only to those who are turned for speculation ; nry , they who enjoy it most , value things only as ...
... character or significancy in it . To be ever unconcerned , and ever looking on new objects with an endless curiosity , is a delight known only to those who are turned for speculation ; nry , they who enjoy it most , value things only as ...
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... whom they have but little friendship for , give recommendatory characters of men whom they are not acquainted with , bestow places on those whom they do not esteem , live in such a manner No. 458 . 27 THE SPECTATOR .
... whom they have but little friendship for , give recommendatory characters of men whom they are not acquainted with , bestow places on those whom they do not esteem , live in such a manner No. 458 . 27 THE SPECTATOR .
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... characters , or dispraising others for wanting theirs , or vying in the degrees of them . At last we approached a bower , at the entrance of which Error was seated . The trees were thick wo- ven , and the place where he sat artfully ...
... characters , or dispraising others for wanting theirs , or vying in the degrees of them . At last we approached a bower , at the entrance of which Error was seated . The trees were thick wo- ven , and the place where he sat artfully ...
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... character contemptible , debauch your wife or daugh- ter , and yet be received by the rest of the world with welcome wherever he appears . It is very ordinary with those of this character to be attentive , only to their own ...
... character contemptible , debauch your wife or daugh- ter , and yet be received by the rest of the world with welcome wherever he appears . It is very ordinary with those of this character to be attentive , only to their own ...
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... character . “ MR . SPECTATor , " There is no one passion which all mankind so na- turally give into as pride , nor any other passion which appears in such different disguises ; it is to be found in all habits and complexions . It is not ...
... character . “ MR . SPECTATor , " There is no one passion which all mankind so na- turally give into as pride , nor any other passion which appears in such different disguises ; it is to be found in all habits and complexions . It is not ...
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