The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
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Page 89
The subject of this letter is a relation of a club whereof I am a member , and which
has made a considerable noise of late , I mean the Silent Club . The year of our
institution is 1694 , the number of members twelve , and the place of our meeting
...
The subject of this letter is a relation of a club whereof I am a member , and which
has made a considerable noise of late , I mean the Silent Club . The year of our
institution is 1694 , the number of members twelve , and the place of our meeting
...
Page 207
Our countrymen were dear to him , before there was any prospect of their being
his subjects ; and every one knows , that nothing recommends a man so much to
the distinguishing civilities of his court , as the being born in Great Britain .
Our countrymen were dear to him , before there was any prospect of their being
his subjects ; and every one knows , that nothing recommends a man so much to
the distinguishing civilities of his court , as the being born in Great Britain .
Page 224
At a time when so many of the king ' s subjects present themselves before their
respective ... that there should be several among us so hardened and deluded ,
as to think an oath a proper subject for a jest ; and to make this , which is one of
the ...
At a time when so many of the king ' s subjects present themselves before their
respective ... that there should be several among us so hardened and deluded ,
as to think an oath a proper subject for a jest ; and to make this , which is one of
the ...
Page 248
None can doubt of this tendency in arbitrary power , who consider , that it fills the
mind of man with great and unreasonable conceits of himself ; raises him into a
belief , that he is of a superior species to his subjects ; extinguishes in him the ...
None can doubt of this tendency in arbitrary power , who consider , that it fills the
mind of man with great and unreasonable conceits of himself ; raises him into a
belief , that he is of a superior species to his subjects ; extinguishes in him the ...
Page 379
looked upon nothing as a more proper subject of raillery and inyective , than a
female gladiator . ... reasonable that the more beautiful moiety of his majesty ' s
subjects should establish a truce among themselves for the same term of years .
looked upon nothing as a more proper subject of raillery and inyective , than a
female gladiator . ... reasonable that the more beautiful moiety of his majesty ' s
subjects should establish a truce among themselves for the same term of years .
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4 The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Publisher | Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
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