The Guardian, Volume 1J. Tonson, 1714 |
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... Light . By obferving what Qualities our Writers think it will be moft pleafing to others to compliment them with , one may form fome Judgment which are moft fo to themselves ; and , in con- fequence what fort of People they are ...
... Light . By obferving what Qualities our Writers think it will be moft pleafing to others to compliment them with , one may form fome Judgment which are moft fo to themselves ; and , in con- fequence what fort of People they are ...
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... Light : The Author of it attacks this Vice with an Air of Compliance , and a- larms us against it by exhorting us to it . I SIR , To the GUARDIAN . As you profefs to encourage all those who any way contribute to the Publick Good , I ...
... Light : The Author of it attacks this Vice with an Air of Compliance , and a- larms us against it by exhorting us to it . I SIR , To the GUARDIAN . As you profefs to encourage all those who any way contribute to the Publick Good , I ...
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... light and Benefit . Since it is agreed by the Philofo- phers , that Happiness aud Mifery confift chiefly in the Imagination , nothing is more neceffary to Mankind in general than this pleating Delirium , which renders eve- ry one ...
... light and Benefit . Since it is agreed by the Philofo- phers , that Happiness aud Mifery confift chiefly in the Imagination , nothing is more neceffary to Mankind in general than this pleating Delirium , which renders eve- ry one ...
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... Lights , as will affect the Fancy after the most delightful manner . But over and above a juft Painting of Nature , a learned Reader will find a new Beauty fuperadded in a happy Imitation of fome famous Ancient , as it revives in his ...
... Lights , as will affect the Fancy after the most delightful manner . But over and above a juft Painting of Nature , a learned Reader will find a new Beauty fuperadded in a happy Imitation of fome famous Ancient , as it revives in his ...
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... Man is excellent at raising the Subject on which he speaks , and casting a Light upon it more agreeable to his Company , than they thought D 3 it N ° 13 . 53 The GUARDIA N. That way of Life, wherein all Men are Rivals...
... Man is excellent at raising the Subject on which he speaks , and casting a Light upon it more agreeable to his Company , than they thought D 3 it N ° 13 . 53 The GUARDIA N. That way of Life, wherein all Men are Rivals...
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Página 45 - Senses, delightful in the Operation, may be taken at all Hours without Confinement, and is as properly given at a Ball or Playhouse as in a private Chamber. It restores and vivifies the most dejected Minds, corrects and extracts all that is painful in the Knowledge of a Man's self.
Página 133 - A brave man struggling in the storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state.