The Spectator, Volume 3J. Sharpe, 1808 |
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• dition of us poor vagrants , who are really in a way of labour instead of idleness . There are crowds of us whose manner of livelihood has long ceased to be pleasing to us ; and who would willingly lead a new life , if the rigour of ...
• dition of us poor vagrants , who are really in a way of labour instead of idleness . There are crowds of us whose manner of livelihood has long ceased to be pleasing to us ; and who would willingly lead a new life , if the rigour of ...
Page 107
... labour is to health , and that exercise is the most effectual physic . I have described in my hundred and fifteenth paper , from the general structure and mechanism of an human body , how absolutely necessary exercise is for its ...
... labour is to health , and that exercise is the most effectual physic . I have described in my hundred and fifteenth paper , from the general structure and mechanism of an human body , how absolutely necessary exercise is for its ...
Page 112
... gra- tifications , ( instead of the necessary vexations which are generally insisted upon in the writings of the witty ) will be a very good office to society . The vicissitudes of labour and rest in the lower part 112 196 . SPECTATOR .
... gra- tifications , ( instead of the necessary vexations which are generally insisted upon in the writings of the witty ) will be a very good office to society . The vicissitudes of labour and rest in the lower part 112 196 . SPECTATOR .
Page 113
The vicissitudes of labour and rest in the lower part of mankind , make their being pass away with that sort of relish which we express by the word comfort ; and should be treated of by you , who are a spectator , as well as such ...
The vicissitudes of labour and rest in the lower part of mankind , make their being pass away with that sort of relish which we express by the word comfort ; and should be treated of by you , who are a spectator , as well as such ...
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... between two meals . truth is , the poor , which are the bulk of a nation , -work only that they may live ; and if with two * The Hollanders . No 191 . The days labour they can get a wretched subsistence . they 132 200 . SPECTATOR .
... between two meals . truth is , the poor , which are the bulk of a nation , -work only that they may live ; and if with two * The Hollanders . No 191 . The days labour they can get a wretched subsistence . they 132 200 . SPECTATOR .
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