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Pagina xv
He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was fo generally acknowledged , that Swift , having obferved that his election paffed without a conteft , added , that if he had propofed himself for king he would ...
He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was fo generally acknowledged , that Swift , having obferved that his election paffed without a conteft , added , that if he had propofed himself for king he would ...
Pagina 1
I HAVE obferved , that a reader feldom peruses a book with pleasure , till he knows whether the writer of it be a back or a fair man , of a mild or choleric difpofition , married or a bachelor ; with other particulars of the like nature ...
I HAVE obferved , that a reader feldom peruses a book with pleasure , till he knows whether the writer of it be a back or a fair man , of a mild or choleric difpofition , married or a bachelor ; with other particulars of the like nature ...
Pagina 14
... which did not difplcafe me , I have been encountered by others which gave me as much mortification . It is incredible to think how empty I have in this time obferved " observed some part of the species to be , 14 THE SPECTATOR .
... which did not difplcafe me , I have been encountered by others which gave me as much mortification . It is incredible to think how empty I have in this time obferved " observed some part of the species to be , 14 THE SPECTATOR .
Pagina 17
When I obferved her a fecond time , he faid , " I grant her drefs " is very becoming , but perhaps the merit of that choice " is owing to her mother ; for though , continued he , I " allow a beauty to be as much to be commended for the ...
When I obferved her a fecond time , he faid , " I grant her drefs " is very becoming , but perhaps the merit of that choice " is owing to her mother ; for though , continued he , I " allow a beauty to be as much to be commended for the ...
Pagina 26
Many of the young gentlemen who obferved the difficulty and confufion he was in , made figns to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they fat . The good man buftled through the crowd accordingly ; but when he came to the ...
Many of the young gentlemen who obferved the difficulty and confufion he was in , made figns to him that they would accommodate him if he came where they fat . The good man buftled through the crowd accordingly ; but when he came to the ...
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