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Pagina 31
... public capacity . But the great Sovereign of the world beholds every perfection in its obfcurity , and not only fees what we do , but what we would do . He views our behaviour in every concurrence of affairs , and fees us engaged in all ...
... public capacity . But the great Sovereign of the world beholds every perfection in its obfcurity , and not only fees what we do , but what we would do . He views our behaviour in every concurrence of affairs , and fees us engaged in all ...
Pagina 33
... public diverfions are tolerated , it be- hoves perfons of distinction , with their power and ex- ample , to prefide over them in fuch a manner as to check any thing that tends to the corruption of man- ners , or which is too mean or ...
... public diverfions are tolerated , it be- hoves perfons of distinction , with their power and ex- ample , to prefide over them in fuch a manner as to check any thing that tends to the corruption of man- ners , or which is too mean or ...
Pagina 34
... public an equivalent to their full content . You know , Sir , it is allowed that the bufinefs of the ftage is , as the Latin has it , Jucunda & idonea dicere vita . Now there being but one dramatic theatre licenced for the delight and ...
... public an equivalent to their full content . You know , Sir , it is allowed that the bufinefs of the ftage is , as the Latin has it , Jucunda & idonea dicere vita . Now there being but one dramatic theatre licenced for the delight and ...
Pagina 35
... public good ; for no one can ima- gine I fhall ever get a fhilling by it : Therefore I hope you will recommend this matter in one of your this week's papers , and defire when my houfe opens you will accept the liberty of it for the ...
... public good ; for no one can ima- gine I fhall ever get a fhilling by it : Therefore I hope you will recommend this matter in one of your this week's papers , and defire when my houfe opens you will accept the liberty of it for the ...
Pagina 36
... public ufe ; give us leave to fay , that favouring our defign is no less than reviving an art , which runs to ruin by the utmost barbarifm under an affectation of knowledge . We aim at establishing fome fettled no- tion of what is ...
... public ufe ; give us leave to fay , that favouring our defign is no less than reviving an art , which runs to ruin by the utmost barbarifm under an affectation of knowledge . We aim at establishing fome fettled no- tion of what is ...
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