The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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Page 49
... Letter - box . -Minus aptus acutis Naribus horum hominum- HOR . Sat. 3. 1. 1. v . 29 . CREECH . He cannot bear the ... letters of my correspondents in the artless dress in which they hastily send them , that the reader may see I am not ...
... Letter - box . -Minus aptus acutis Naribus horum hominum- HOR . Sat. 3. 1. 1. v . 29 . CREECH . He cannot bear the ... letters of my correspondents in the artless dress in which they hastily send them , that the reader may see I am not ...
Page 84
... Letter - box . Errori nomen virtus posuisset honestum . HOR . Sat. 3. 1. 1. v . 42 . Misconduct screen'd behind a specious name . " MR . SPECTATOR , « I HOPE you have philosophy enough to be capable of hearing the mention of your faults ...
... Letter - box . Errori nomen virtus posuisset honestum . HOR . Sat. 3. 1. 1. v . 42 . Misconduct screen'd behind a specious name . " MR . SPECTATOR , « I HOPE you have philosophy enough to be capable of hearing the mention of your faults ...
Page 93
... Letter - box . -Sermones ego mallem Repentes per humum- HOR . Ep . 1. 1. 2. v . 250 . I rather choose a low and creeping style . " MR . SPECTATOR , " SIA , " Y OUR having done considerable services in this great city , by rectifying the ...
... Letter - box . -Sermones ego mallem Repentes per humum- HOR . Ep . 1. 1. 2. v . 250 . I rather choose a low and creeping style . " MR . SPECTATOR , " SIA , " Y OUR having done considerable services in this great city , by rectifying the ...
Page 152
... Letter - box . Projicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba . Forgets his swelling and gigantic words . THE Hor . Ars . Poet . v . 97 . Roscommon . players , who know I am very much their friend , take all opportunities to express a ...
... Letter - box . Projicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba . Forgets his swelling and gigantic words . THE Hor . Ars . Poet . v . 97 . Roscommon . players , who know I am very much their friend , take all opportunities to express a ...
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... Letter - box . Nugis addere pondus . -Add weight to trifles . " Dear SPEC . HOR . Ep . 19. 1. 1. v . 48 . “ HAVING lately conversed much with the fair sex on the subject of your speculations ( which since their appearance in public have ...
... Letter - box . Nugis addere pondus . -Add weight to trifles . " Dear SPEC . HOR . Ep . 19. 1. 1. v . 48 . “ HAVING lately conversed much with the fair sex on the subject of your speculations ( which since their appearance in public have ...
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