The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... present at this piece of devotion, and seems to have had a truer idea of the Divine Nature, told the votary, by way of reproof, that, in recompense for his hymn, he heartily wished he might have a daughter of the same temper 2 THE ...
... present at this piece of devotion, and seems to have had a truer idea of the Divine Nature, told the votary, by way of reproof, that, in recompense for his hymn, he heartily wished he might have a daughter of the same temper 2 THE ...
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... present at this piece of devotion , and seems to have had a truer idea of the Divine Nature , told the votary , by way of reproof , that , in recompense for his hymn , he heartily wished he might have a daughter of the same temper 2 No ...
... present at this piece of devotion , and seems to have had a truer idea of the Divine Nature , told the votary , by way of reproof , that , in recompense for his hymn , he heartily wished he might have a daughter of the same temper 2 No ...
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... present to ladies . The scent of Italian flowers is observed , like their other perfumes , to be too strong , and to hurt the brain ; that of the French with glaring , gaudy colors , yet faint and languid ; German and Northern flowers ...
... present to ladies . The scent of Italian flowers is observed , like their other perfumes , to be too strong , and to hurt the brain ; that of the French with glaring , gaudy colors , yet faint and languid ; German and Northern flowers ...
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... the wisdom , economy , good sense , and skill in human life before , by reason of his -present misfortune , are of no use to him in the dispo- sition of any thing . The incapacity of an infant 18 No. 456 . THE SPECTATOR .
... the wisdom , economy , good sense , and skill in human life before , by reason of his -present misfortune , are of no use to him in the dispo- sition of any thing . The incapacity of an infant 18 No. 456 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... present party . This , though one of the most common , is one of the most ridiculous dispositions in human nature , that men should not be ashamed of speaking or acting in a dissolute or irrational manner , but that one who is in their ...
... present party . This , though one of the most common , is one of the most ridiculous dispositions in human nature , that men should not be ashamed of speaking or acting in a dissolute or irrational manner , but that one who is in their ...
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