The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 |
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Side 10
... learning , and politics . The last subject kept me till I heard the streets in the pos- session of the bell - man , who had now the world to himself , and cry'd Past two o'clock . ' This roused me from my seat ; and I went to my ...
... learning , and politics . The last subject kept me till I heard the streets in the pos- session of the bell - man , who had now the world to himself , and cry'd Past two o'clock . ' This roused me from my seat ; and I went to my ...
Side 24
... learning , or , what is as bad , of no knowledge . I shall not enlarge upon this hint ; but , if you think any thing can be made of it , I shall set about it with all the pains and application that so useful a work deserves . C. I am ...
... learning , or , what is as bad , of no knowledge . I shall not enlarge upon this hint ; but , if you think any thing can be made of it , I shall set about it with all the pains and application that so useful a work deserves . C. I am ...
Side 41
... learning a more necessary part of good breeding than it was before you appeared ; that modesty is become fashionable , and impudence stands in need of some wit ; since you have put them both in their proper lights . Profaneness ...
... learning a more necessary part of good breeding than it was before you appeared ; that modesty is become fashionable , and impudence stands in need of some wit ; since you have put them both in their proper lights . Profaneness ...
Side 50
... Learning , Wit and Vivacity , Supersti- tion and Devotion , Gravity and Wisdom , with many others . I observed one particular weight lettered on both sides ; and , upon applying myself to the reading of it , I found on one side written ...
... Learning , Wit and Vivacity , Supersti- tion and Devotion , Gravity and Wisdom , with many others . I observed one particular weight lettered on both sides ; and , upon applying myself to the reading of it , I found on one side written ...
Side 57
... learning , to baffle and confound their antagonist by the force of reason . As for himself he only repeated to his adversaries the articles in which he firmly believed , and in the profession of which he was determined to die . It is in ...
... learning , to baffle and confound their antagonist by the force of reason . As for himself he only repeated to his adversaries the articles in which he firmly believed , and in the profession of which he was determined to die . It is in ...
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