The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 3J. Crissy, 1824 - Spectator (London, England : 1711) |
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Page 11
... fall back a little , because it is necessary to look at the three next pictures at one view ; these are three sisters . She on the right hand who is so very beautiful , died a maid ; the next to her , still handsomer , had the same fate ...
... fall back a little , because it is necessary to look at the three next pictures at one view ; these are three sisters . She on the right hand who is so very beautiful , died a maid ; the next to her , still handsomer , had the same fate ...
Page 14
... fall . I was taking a walk in this place last night be- tween the hours of nine and ten , and could not but fancy it one of the most proper scenes in the world for a ghost to appear in . The ruins of the abbey are scattered up and down ...
... fall . I was taking a walk in this place last night be- tween the hours of nine and ten , and could not but fancy it one of the most proper scenes in the world for a ghost to appear in . The ruins of the abbey are scattered up and down ...
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... of such immense perfections , and of receiving new improvements to all eternity , shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute ar- No. 111 . 19 THE SPECTATOR .
... of such immense perfections , and of receiving new improvements to all eternity , shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute ar- No. 111 . 19 THE SPECTATOR .
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... fall away insensibly , and drop at once into a state of annihilation . But can we be- lieve a thinking being , that is in a perpetual pro- gress of improvements , and travelling on from perfection to perfection , after having just ...
... fall away insensibly , and drop at once into a state of annihilation . But can we be- lieve a thinking being , that is in a perpetual pro- gress of improvements , and travelling on from perfection to perfection , after having just ...
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... falls short of it . It is true the higher nature still advances , and by that means preserves his distance and superiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that how high soever the station is of which he stands possessed at present ...
... falls short of it . It is true the higher nature still advances , and by that means preserves his distance and superiority in the scale of being ; but he knows that how high soever the station is of which he stands possessed at present ...
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