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I write this like a criminal , to warn people to enter upon what reformation they
please to make in themselves in their youth , and not expect they shall be
capable of it from a fond opinion some have often in their mouths , that if we do
not leave ...
I write this like a criminal , to warn people to enter upon what reformation they
please to make in themselves in their youth , and not expect they shall be
capable of it from a fond opinion some have often in their mouths , that if we do
not leave ...
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... beg leave to subscribe myself , TOM TRIPPIT . ' me upon 6 MR . SPECTATOR ,
• Your readers are so well pleased with your character of Sir Roger de Coverley ,
that there appeared a sensible joy in every coffee - house , upon hearing the ...
... beg leave to subscribe myself , TOM TRIPPIT . ' me upon 6 MR . SPECTATOR ,
• Your readers are so well pleased with your character of Sir Roger de Coverley ,
that there appeared a sensible joy in every coffee - house , upon hearing the ...
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speedily amend , and leave off following thine own imaginations , I will leave off
thee . • Thy friend , as hereafter thou dost demean thyself , HEZEKIAH
BROADBRIM . ' T. N " 277. THURSDAY , JANUARY 17 , 1711-12 . -fas est et ab
hoste docer ...
speedily amend , and leave off following thine own imaginations , I will leave off
thee . • Thy friend , as hereafter thou dost demean thyself , HEZEKIAH
BROADBRIM . ' T. N " 277. THURSDAY , JANUARY 17 , 1711-12 . -fas est et ab
hoste docer ...
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... any occasion for them , I shall leave to their serious consideration . ... because
she was not talkative , a quality very rarely to be met with in her countrywomen .
pay a due As I was taking my leave , the milliner farther 108 SPECTATOR .
... any occasion for them , I shall leave to their serious consideration . ... because
she was not talkative , a quality very rarely to be met with in her countrywomen .
pay a due As I was taking my leave , the milliner farther 108 SPECTATOR .
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It is the want of this that often makes the rebukes and advice of old rigid persons
of no effect , and leave a displeasure in the minds of those they are directed to :
but youth and beauty , if accompanied with a graceful and becoming severity , is
...
It is the want of this that often makes the rebukes and advice of old rigid persons
of no effect , and leave a displeasure in the minds of those they are directed to :
but youth and beauty , if accompanied with a graceful and becoming severity , is
...
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Página 234 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Página 343 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Página 234 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
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Página 344 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...
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Página 342 - So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
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