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Pagina 28
... instance that the most polite age is in danger of being the most vici- ous . 6 It happened at Athens , during a publick re- ' presentation of fome play exhibited in honour of ' the commonwealth , that an old gentleman came ' too late ...
... instance that the most polite age is in danger of being the most vici- ous . 6 It happened at Athens , during a publick re- ' presentation of fome play exhibited in honour of ' the commonwealth , that an old gentleman came ' too late ...
Pagina 37
... instance of it , we may observe , that we take all occafions and pretences of forming ourselves in- to those little nocturnal affemblies , which are com- monly known by the name of clubs . When a fet of men find themselves agree in any ...
... instance of it , we may observe , that we take all occafions and pretences of forming ourselves in- to those little nocturnal affemblies , which are com- monly known by the name of clubs . When a fet of men find themselves agree in any ...
Pagina 53
... instances of perfons , who have been terrified even to distraction , at the figure of a tree , or the shaking of a bull - rush . The truth of it is , Ilook upon a found imagination as the great- eft bleffing of life , next to a clear ...
... instances of perfons , who have been terrified even to distraction , at the figure of a tree , or the shaking of a bull - rush . The truth of it is , Ilook upon a found imagination as the great- eft bleffing of life , next to a clear ...
Pagina 76
... instance of his fince- rity in this particular , he gave me a fight of a lift in his pocket - book of all of this class , who , for these five years , have fallen under his obferva- tion , with himself at the head of them , and , in the ...
... instance of his fince- rity in this particular , he gave me a fight of a lift in his pocket - book of all of this class , who , for these five years , have fallen under his obferva- tion , with himself at the head of them , and , in the ...
Pagina 94
... instances of this kind in Shakespear ; but then it is the disturbance of a noble mind , from generous and human refent- ments : It is like that grief which we have for the decease of our friends : It is no diminution , but a ...
... instances of this kind in Shakespear ; but then it is the disturbance of a noble mind , from generous and human refent- ments : It is like that grief which we have for the decease of our friends : It is no diminution , but a ...
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