The Spectator ...Angier March, 1803 |
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Page 66
... reason ; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps . At my nativity my ascendant was the wa- tery sign of Scorpius : I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn , and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet ...
... reason ; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps . At my nativity my ascendant was the wa- tery sign of Scorpius : I was born in the planetary hour of Saturn , and I think I have a piece of that leaden planet ...
Page 220
... reason as some that are called men ; and the animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined , that if you will take the lowest of one , and the highest of the other , there will scarce be perceived any great difference between them ...
... reason as some that are called men ; and the animal and vegetable kingdoms are so nearly joined , that if you will take the lowest of one , and the highest of the other , there will scarce be perceived any great difference between them ...
Page 363
... reason I cannot think it right to in troduce a perfect or a faultless man upon the stage ; not only because such a character is improper to move compassion , but because there is no such thing in nature . This might probably be one reason ...
... reason I cannot think it right to in troduce a perfect or a faultless man upon the stage ; not only because such a character is improper to move compassion , but because there is no such thing in nature . This might probably be one reason ...
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