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Pagina 7
... wit . This turn makes him at once both disinterested and agreeable ; as few ... true power is to be got by arts and industry . He will often argue , that if ... wit A 4 NO . 2 . 7 THE SPECTATOR . He is studying the passions themselves ...
... wit . This turn makes him at once both disinterested and agreeable ; as few ... true power is to be got by arts and industry . He will often argue , that if ... wit A 4 NO . 2 . 7 THE SPECTATOR . He is studying the passions themselves ...
Pagina 8
perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortunes himself ... false modes- ty , and assist his patron against the importunity of other pretenders , by a proper assurance in his ...
perspicuity of his discourse gives the same pleasure that wit would in another man . He has made his fortunes himself ... false modes- ty , and assist his patron against the importunity of other pretenders , by a proper assurance in his ...
Pagina 22
... wit and sense , than of honesty and virtue . this unhappy affectation of being wise rather than ho- nest , witty than good - natured , is the source of most of the ill habits of life . Such false impressions are owing to the abandoned ...
... wit and sense , than of honesty and virtue . this unhappy affectation of being wise rather than ho- nest , witty than good - natured , is the source of most of the ill habits of life . Such false impressions are owing to the abandoned ...
Pagina 23
... wit and learning as merit in themselves , with- out considering the application of thein . By this means it becomes a rule , not so much to regard what we do , as how we do it . But this false ... true taste . Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE says , ...
... wit and learning as merit in themselves , with- out considering the application of thein . By this means it becomes a rule , not so much to regard what we do , as how we do it . But this false ... true taste . Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE says , ...
Pagina 81
... wit , in representing human and still life together . I have several times act- ed one of the finest flower - pots ... false taste the town is in with relation to plays as well as operas . It certainly requires a degree of understanding ...
... wit , in representing human and still life together . I have several times act- ed one of the finest flower - pots ... false taste the town is in with relation to plays as well as operas . It certainly requires a degree of understanding ...
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