The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 9
... look into the secret springs and motives that set people at work on these occasions , and put them upon asking advice which they never intend to take ; I look upon it to be none of the least , that they are incapable of keeping a secret ...
... look into the secret springs and motives that set people at work on these occasions , and put them upon asking advice which they never intend to take ; I look upon it to be none of the least , that they are incapable of keeping a secret ...
Page 47
... look upon the rest of the ships that were in the same distress , and asked them whether or no Diagoras was on board every vessel in the fleet . We are all involved in the same calamities , and subject to the same accidents : and , when ...
... look upon the rest of the ships that were in the same distress , and asked them whether or no Diagoras was on board every vessel in the fleet . We are all involved in the same calamities , and subject to the same accidents : and , when ...
Page 200
... look as they are pleased to put upon the matter ) are moved by the same vanity as I am . What is there in ambition , but to make other people's wills depend upon your's ? This indeed is not to be aimed at by one who has a genius no ...
... look as they are pleased to put upon the matter ) are moved by the same vanity as I am . What is there in ambition , but to make other people's wills depend upon your's ? This indeed is not to be aimed at by one who has a genius no ...
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