The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... ordinary just be- fore , give bills for the value of large estates ; and could not but behold with great pleasure , property lodged in , and transferred in a moment from such as would never be masters of half as much as is seem- ingly ...
... ordinary just be- fore , give bills for the value of large estates ; and could not but behold with great pleasure , property lodged in , and transferred in a moment from such as would never be masters of half as much as is seem- ingly ...
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... ordinary manner , to the ears of the curious . Sickness of per- sons in high posts , twilight visits paid and received by ministers of state , clandestine courtships and marriages , secret amors , losses at play , applica- tions for ...
... ordinary manner , to the ears of the curious . Sickness of per- sons in high posts , twilight visits paid and received by ministers of state , clandestine courtships and marriages , secret amors , losses at play , applica- tions for ...
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... ordinary manner , to the ears of the curious . Sickness of per- sons in high posts , twilight visits paid and received by ministers of state , clandestine courtships and marriages , secret amors , losses at play , applica- tions for ...
... ordinary manner , to the ears of the curious . Sickness of per- sons in high posts , twilight visits paid and received by ministers of state , clandestine courtships and marriages , secret amors , losses at play , applica- tions for ...
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... ordinary conversation , that an Englishman is apt to term them hypocritical and precise . This little appearance of a religious deportment in our nation may proceed in some measure from that modesty which is natural to us ; but the ...
... ordinary conversation , that an Englishman is apt to term them hypocritical and precise . This little appearance of a religious deportment in our nation may proceed in some measure from that modesty which is natural to us ; but the ...
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... ordinary life and conversation , and which distinguishes us from all our neighbors . Hypocrisy cannot indeed be too much detested , but at the same time is to be preferred to open impiety . They are both equally destructive to the ...
... ordinary life and conversation , and which distinguishes us from all our neighbors . Hypocrisy cannot indeed be too much detested , but at the same time is to be preferred to open impiety . They are both equally destructive to the ...
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