The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 157
... consider one particular kind of this crime , which has not been so much spoken to ; I mean that abomi- nable practice of party - lying . This vice is so very predominant among us at present , that a man is thought of no principles , who ...
... consider one particular kind of this crime , which has not been so much spoken to ; I mean that abomi- nable practice of party - lying . This vice is so very predominant among us at present , that a man is thought of no principles , who ...
Page 175
... consider how senseless a thing it is to argue with one whose looks and gestures are more prevalent with you , than your reasons and ar- guments can be with her . It is a most miserable sla- very to submit to what you disapprove , and ...
... consider how senseless a thing it is to argue with one whose looks and gestures are more prevalent with you , than your reasons and ar- guments can be with her . It is a most miserable sla- very to submit to what you disapprove , and ...
Page 181
... consider this way of instructing or giv- ing advice , it excels all others , because it is the least shocking , and the least subject to those exceptions which I have before mentioned . This will appear to us , if we reflect in the ...
... consider this way of instructing or giv- ing advice , it excels all others , because it is the least shocking , and the least subject to those exceptions which I have before mentioned . This will appear to us , if we reflect in the ...
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