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... has been a great dispute among the learned ; the matter of fact is , I think , incontestable , and has been looked upon as such by the greatest writers , who have been never suspected either of superstition or enthusiasm .
... has been a great dispute among the learned ; the matter of fact is , I think , incontestable , and has been looked upon as such by the greatest writers , who have been never suspected either of superstition or enthusiasm .
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I shall conclude this paper with an epigram lately sent to the writer of the Spectator , after having returned my thanks to the ingenious author of it . " SIR , • any Having heard the following epigram 6 ADDISON'S WORKS .
I shall conclude this paper with an epigram lately sent to the writer of the Spectator , after having returned my thanks to the ingenious author of it . " SIR , • any Having heard the following epigram 6 ADDISON'S WORKS .
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An eminent Pagan writer has made a discourse to show that the atheist , who denies a God , does him less dishonour than the man who owns his being , but at the same time believes him to be cruel , hard to please , and terrible to human ...
An eminent Pagan writer has made a discourse to show that the atheist , who denies a God , does him less dishonour than the man who owns his being , but at the same time believes him to be cruel , hard to please , and terrible to human ...
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... and many families of them are established in the West Indies ; not to mention whole nations bordering on Prester John's country , and some discovered in the inner parts of America , if we may give any credit to their own writers .
... and many families of them are established in the West Indies ; not to mention whole nations bordering on Prester John's country , and some discovered in the inner parts of America , if we may give any credit to their own writers .
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Honeycomb has told me , for above this half year , that he had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator , and that he would fain have one of his writing in my works . This morning I received from him the following letter , which ...
Honeycomb has told me , for above this half year , that he had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator , and that he would fain have one of his writing in my works . This morning I received from him the following letter , which ...
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| Title | The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4 Bohn's British classics The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd |
| Authors | Joseph Addison, Steele |
| Publisher | Bohn, 1854 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2020 |
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