The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... regard me for your's . There is a happy contagion in riches , as well as a destructive one in poverty : the rich can make rich without parting with any of their store , and the conversation of the poor makes men poor , though they ...
... regard me for your's . There is a happy contagion in riches , as well as a destructive one in poverty : the rich can make rich without parting with any of their store , and the conversation of the poor makes men poor , though they ...
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... regards religion . A well - bred man is obliged to conceal any serious sentiment of this nature , and very often to appear a greater libertine than he is , that he may keep himself in countenance among the men of mode . Our excess of ...
... regards religion . A well - bred man is obliged to conceal any serious sentiment of this nature , and very often to appear a greater libertine than he is , that he may keep himself in countenance among the men of mode . Our excess of ...
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... regard to others , hypocrisy is not so pernicious as barefaced irreligion . The due mean to be observed is , to be sincerely virtuous , and at the same time to let the world see we are so . I do not know a more dreadful menace in the ...
... regard to others , hypocrisy is not so pernicious as barefaced irreligion . The due mean to be observed is , to be sincerely virtuous , and at the same time to let the world see we are so . I do not know a more dreadful menace in the ...
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... regard to faith . The perfect man should be de- fective in neither of these particulars , as will be very evident to those who consider the benefits which arise from each of them , and which I shall make the subject of this day's paper ...
... regard to faith . The perfect man should be de- fective in neither of these particulars , as will be very evident to those who consider the benefits which arise from each of them , and which I shall make the subject of this day's paper ...
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... regard to the grandeur and vileness of our natures . Fourthly , By showing us the blackness and defor- mity of vice ; which in the Christian system is so very great , that , He who is possessed of all perfec- tion , and the sovereign ...
... regard to the grandeur and vileness of our natures . Fourthly , By showing us the blackness and defor- mity of vice ; which in the Christian system is so very great , that , He who is possessed of all perfec- tion , and the sovereign ...
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