The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... reflection, find this observation so true, that •I shall not enlarge upon it. One would wonder that more of our Christian poets have not turned- their thoughts this way, especially if we consider that our idea of the Supreme Being is ...
... reflection, find this observation so true, that •I shall not enlarge upon it. One would wonder that more of our Christian poets have not turned- their thoughts this way, especially if we consider that our idea of the Supreme Being is ...
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... reflection , find this observation so true , that I shall not enlarge upon it . One would wonder that more of our Christian poets have not turned their thoughts this way , especially if we consider that our idea of the Supreme Being is ...
... reflection , find this observation so true , that I shall not enlarge upon it . One would wonder that more of our Christian poets have not turned their thoughts this way , especially if we consider that our idea of the Supreme Being is ...
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... , and let me sneak off to a coach .. As I drove along , it was a pleasing reflection to see the world so prettily chequered since I left Rich- 2 * No. 454 . 9 THE SPECTATOR . off, and he should hear were she went. ...
... , and let me sneak off to a coach .. As I drove along , it was a pleasing reflection to see the world so prettily chequered since I left Rich- 2 * No. 454 . 9 THE SPECTATOR . off, and he should hear were she went. ...
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... reflection that could not come into the mind of any but of one . a little too studious ; for I said to myself , with a kind of pun in thought , What nonsense is all the hurry of this world to those who are above it ? In these , or not ...
... reflection that could not come into the mind of any but of one . a little too studious ; for I said to myself , with a kind of pun in thought , What nonsense is all the hurry of this world to those who are above it ? In these , or not ...
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... reflections . which will seem of importance both to the learned world and to domestic life . There is in the first an allegory so well carried on , that it cannot but be very pleasing to those who have a taste of good writing ; and the ...
... reflections . which will seem of importance both to the learned world and to domestic life . There is in the first an allegory so well carried on , that it cannot but be very pleasing to those who have a taste of good writing ; and the ...
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