The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 110
... things of real and absolute service . In the time of Don Sebastian of Portugal , or some time since , the first minister would let no- thing come near him but what bore the most profound face of wisdom and gravity . They carried it so ...
... things of real and absolute service . In the time of Don Sebastian of Portugal , or some time since , the first minister would let no- thing come near him but what bore the most profound face of wisdom and gravity . They carried it so ...
Page 138
... thing so innocent , and yet so sublime , that we all gazed upon her like a phantom . None of the pic- tures which we behold of the best Italian painters , have any thing like the spirit which appeared in her countenance , at the ...
... thing so innocent , and yet so sublime , that we all gazed upon her like a phantom . None of the pic- tures which we behold of the best Italian painters , have any thing like the spirit which appeared in her countenance , at the ...
Page 351
... thing should be fairly told , that the buyer may not be ignorant of any thing which the seller knows . It gives me very great scandal to observe , wherever I go , how much skill , in buying all manner of goods , there is necessary to ...
... thing should be fairly told , that the buyer may not be ignorant of any thing which the seller knows . It gives me very great scandal to observe , wherever I go , how much skill , in buying all manner of goods , there is necessary to ...
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