The Idler, Том 2T. Davies in Russel-Street, Covent Garden, 1767 |
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... eye , and therefore I computed that univerfal curiofity would call for many Editi- ons of my Book , and that in five years , I fhould gain fifteen thousand pounds by the fale of thirty thousand gain 16 THE THE IDLER .
... eye , and therefore I computed that univerfal curiofity would call for many Editi- ons of my Book , and that in five years , I fhould gain fifteen thousand pounds by the fale of thirty thousand gain 16 THE THE IDLER .
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... eyes and gloomy countenance on that which he despairs to gain from a richer bidder ; another keeps his eye with care from settling too long on that which he most earnestly defires ; and another , with more art than virtue , depreciates ...
... eyes and gloomy countenance on that which he despairs to gain from a richer bidder ; another keeps his eye with care from settling too long on that which he most earnestly defires ; and another , with more art than virtue , depreciates ...
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... eyes ; he that has anticipated the conversation of a wit , will wonder to what prejudice he owes his repu- tation . Yet it is necessary to hope , tho ' hope fhould always be deluded ; for hope itself is happiness , and its fruftrations ...
... eyes ; he that has anticipated the conversation of a wit , will wonder to what prejudice he owes his repu- tation . Yet it is necessary to hope , tho ' hope fhould always be deluded ; for hope itself is happiness , and its fruftrations ...
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... eye on Nature . He blamed the Stanza of Spenfer , and could not bear the Hexameters of Sidney . Denham and Waller he held the firft reformers of English Numbers , and thought that if Waller could have obtained the ftrength of Denham ...
... eye on Nature . He blamed the Stanza of Spenfer , and could not bear the Hexameters of Sidney . Denham and Waller he held the firft reformers of English Numbers , and thought that if Waller could have obtained the ftrength of Denham ...
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... eye in the Boxes was fixed upon him ; when he entered his Coffee- house , he was surrounded by circles of candi- dates , who paffed their noviciate of literature under his tuition ; his opinion was asked by all who had no opinion of ...
... eye in the Boxes was fixed upon him ; when he entered his Coffee- house , he was surrounded by circles of candi- dates , who paffed their noviciate of literature under his tuition ; his opinion was asked by all who had no opinion of ...
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