The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 71
... heard , with the greatest satisfaction , what even the most disinterested persons , and at so large a dis- tance of time , cannot read without admiration . Cæsar thought his life consisted in the breath of praise , when he professed he ...
... heard , with the greatest satisfaction , what even the most disinterested persons , and at so large a dis- tance of time , cannot read without admiration . Cæsar thought his life consisted in the breath of praise , when he professed he ...
Page 85
... in another makes use of a word that was never heard of ; and , indeed , there is scarce a solecism in writing which the best author is not guilty of , if No. 470 . 8-5 THE SPECTATOR . No. 470. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1712. ...
... in another makes use of a word that was never heard of ; and , indeed , there is scarce a solecism in writing which the best author is not guilty of , if No. 470 . 8-5 THE SPECTATOR . No. 470. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1712. ...
Page 101
... heard a young man not long ago , who has sense , comfort himself in his ignorance of Greek , Hebrew , and the Orientals ; at the same time that he published his aversion to those languages , he said , that the knowledge of them was ...
... heard a young man not long ago , who has sense , comfort himself in his ignorance of Greek , Hebrew , and the Orientals ; at the same time that he published his aversion to those languages , he said , that the knowledge of them was ...
Page 109
... heard wonders of him in Essex . I , who always wanted faith in matters of that kind , was not easily prevailed on to go ; but lest they should take it ill , I went with them ; when to my surprise Mr. Campbell related all their past life ...
... heard wonders of him in Essex . I , who always wanted faith in matters of that kind , was not easily prevailed on to go ; but lest they should take it ill , I went with them ; when to my surprise Mr. Campbell related all their past life ...
Page 120
... heard this account of it , would think this cir- cular mount was not only a real one , but that it had been actually scooped out of that hollow space which I have before mentioned . I never yet met with any one who has walked in this ...
... heard this account of it , would think this cir- cular mount was not only a real one , but that it had been actually scooped out of that hollow space which I have before mentioned . I never yet met with any one who has walked in this ...
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