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Pagina xv
... figures neither divert by distortion , nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with fo much fide- lity , that he can hardly be faid to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original , that it is difficult to suppose them ...
... figures neither divert by distortion , nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with fo much fide- lity , that he can hardly be faid to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so much original , that it is difficult to suppose them ...
Pagina lix
... figure , as fhe is defcribed to have been in the 118th number of the Spectator . She was a perfonage well known and much diftinguished in her day , and is described very respectably in the New Atalantis , under the name of Portia ...
... figure , as fhe is defcribed to have been in the 118th number of the Spectator . She was a perfonage well known and much diftinguished in her day , and is described very respectably in the New Atalantis , under the name of Portia ...
Pagina 11
... figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the fea the British Com- mon . He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got ...
... figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the fea the British Com- mon . He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms ; for true power is to be got ...
Pagina 13
... figure , especially in a military way , must get over all false modefty , and affift his patron against the importunity of other pretenders , by a proper affurance in his own vindication . He fays it is a civil cowardice to be backward ...
... figure , especially in a military way , must get over all false modefty , and affift his patron against the importunity of other pretenders , by a proper affurance in his own vindication . He fays it is a civil cowardice to be backward ...
Pagina 22
... be out of harm's way , I have ever fince affected crowds . He who comes into affemblies only to gratify his curiofity , and not to make a figure , enjoys the pleasures of retirement in a more 22 N ° 4 . THE SPECTATOR .
... be out of harm's way , I have ever fince affected crowds . He who comes into affemblies only to gratify his curiofity , and not to make a figure , enjoys the pleasures of retirement in a more 22 N ° 4 . THE SPECTATOR .
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