The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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... turn makes him at once both disinterested and agreeable . As few of his thoughts are drawn from business , they are most of them fit for conversation . His taste of books is a little too just for the age he lives in ; he has read all ...
... turn makes him at once both disinterested and agreeable . As few of his thoughts are drawn from business , they are most of them fit for conversation . His taste of books is a little too just for the age he lives in ; he has read all ...
Page 88
... turn'd my rage into pity ; ' which the English for rhyme sake translated , And into pity turn'd my rage . ' By this means the soft notes that were adapted to pity in the Italian , fell upon the word rage in the English ; and the angry ...
... turn'd my rage into pity ; ' which the English for rhyme sake translated , And into pity turn'd my rage . ' By this means the soft notes that were adapted to pity in the Italian , fell upon the word rage in the English ; and the angry ...
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... turns altogether upon such adventures as have passed in their own assembly ; of members who have taken the glass in their turns for a week together , without stirring out of the club ; of others who have smoked 2 The Leges Convivales of ...
... turns altogether upon such adventures as have passed in their own assembly ; of members who have taken the glass in their turns for a week together , without stirring out of the club ; of others who have smoked 2 The Leges Convivales of ...
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