The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator, no. 162-483G. Bell and sons, 1912 |
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... verse in the Proverbs of Solomon , " He that giveth to the poor , lend- eth to the Lord : " " There is more rhetoric in that one sen- tence , " says he , “ than in a library of sermons ; and indeed if those sentences were understood by ...
... verse in the Proverbs of Solomon , " He that giveth to the poor , lend- eth to the Lord : " " There is more rhetoric in that one sen- tence , " says he , “ than in a library of sermons ; and indeed if those sentences were understood by ...
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... verse in this kind of zealots , that one does not know how to set them out in their proper colours . They are a sort of gamesters who are eternally upon the fret , though they play for nothing . They are perpetually teasing their ...
... verse in this kind of zealots , that one does not know how to set them out in their proper colours . They are a sort of gamesters who are eternally upon the fret , though they play for nothing . They are perpetually teasing their ...
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... verses out of Homer , in which the poet says , that the scent of the Trojan sacrifices was carried up to heaven by the winds ; but that it was not acceptable to the gods , who were displeased with Priam and all his people . The ...
... verses out of Homer , in which the poet says , that the scent of the Trojan sacrifices was carried up to heaven by the winds ; but that it was not acceptable to the gods , who were displeased with Priam and all his people . The ...
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... verse of the first chapter of the first book of Chronicles , in which ( says he ) you will see the three following words , Adam , Sheth , Enosh . Ile divided this short text into many parts , and discovering several mysteries in each ...
... verse of the first chapter of the first book of Chronicles , in which ( says he ) you will see the three following words , Adam , Sheth , Enosh . Ile divided this short text into many parts , and discovering several mysteries in each ...
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... verses is printed in Italic letter ; and if he compares this translation with the original , will find that the three first stanzas are rendered almost word for word , and not only with the same elegance , but with the same short turn ...
... verses is printed in Italic letter ; and if he compares this translation with the original , will find that the three first stanzas are rendered almost word for word , and not only with the same elegance , but with the same short turn ...
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