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Pagina 1
... pleasure , that were there no positive command which enjoined it , nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter , a generous mind would indulge in it , for the natural gratification that accompanies it . If gratitude is due from man to ...
... pleasure , that were there no positive command which enjoined it , nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter , a generous mind would indulge in it , for the natural gratification that accompanies it . If gratitude is due from man to ...
Pagina 5
... pleasure to know a little of the world , and be of no character or significancy in it . To be ever unconcerned , and ever looking on new objects with an endless curiosity , is a delight known only to those who are turned for speculation ...
... pleasure to know a little of the world , and be of no character or significancy in it . To be ever unconcerned , and ever looking on new objects with an endless curiosity , is a delight known only to those who are turned for speculation ...
Pagina 10
... pleasure , pro- perty lodged in , and transferred in a moment from , such as would never be masters of half as much as is seemingly in them , and given from them , every day they live . But before five in the afternoon I left the city ...
... pleasure , pro- perty lodged in , and transferred in a moment from , such as would never be masters of half as much as is seemingly in them , and given from them , every day they live . But before five in the afternoon I left the city ...
Pagina 14
... how it may be a pleasure to me ; if you will but put me in a way that I may bear it with indiffe- rence , I shall rest satisfied . Dear Spec , Your very humble servant . ' P. S. I must do the poor girl the 14 N ° 455 . SPECTATOR .
... how it may be a pleasure to me ; if you will but put me in a way that I may bear it with indiffe- rence , I shall rest satisfied . Dear Spec , Your very humble servant . ' P. S. I must do the poor girl the 14 N ° 455 . SPECTATOR .
Pagina 21
... pleasure to the hearer ; first , as they are private history ; and , in the next place , as they have always in them a dash of scandal . These are the two chief qualifications in an article of news , which recommend it , in a more than ...
... pleasure to the hearer ; first , as they are private history ; and , in the next place , as they have always in them a dash of scandal . These are the two chief qualifications in an article of news , which recommend it , in a more than ...
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