The Spectator, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1791 |
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Pagina 4
... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die . I ...
... heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible , before I die . I ...
Pagina 7
... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is a ...
... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acquisitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is a ...
Pagina 8
... heard him often lament that , in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
... heard him often lament that , in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
Pagina 11
... heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it ; and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , be cause they have always been made with an eye to sepa- rate interests and party principles . The ...
... heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it ; and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , be cause they have always been made with an eye to sepa- rate interests and party principles . The ...
Pagina 12
... heard , to which she was ex- ceedingly attentive , she changed colour , and discovered many symptoms of health or sickness . Behind the throne was a prodigious heap of bags of money , which were piled upon one another so high that they ...
... heard , to which she was ex- ceedingly attentive , she changed colour , and discovered many symptoms of health or sickness . Behind the throne was a prodigious heap of bags of money , which were piled upon one another so high that they ...
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