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THE

SPECTATOR.

VOL. VIII. and Last.

The TWELFTH EDITION.

DUBLIN:

Printed for PHIL. CRAMPTON, Bookfeller, at
Addifon's-Head, oppofite to the Horfe-Guard,
in Dame-Street. MDCC XXXVII.

BOOL LIBR 6-0CT 1916 OXFORD

Gehason 1832

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William Honeycomb, Efq;

HE Seven former Vo

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lumes of the Spectator having been Dedicated to fome of the most celebrated Perfons of the Age, I take leave to inscribe this Eighth and Last to you, as to a Gentleman who hath ever been ambitious of appearing in the best Company.

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You

You are now wholly retired from the bufy Part of Mankind, and at leisure to reflect upon your paft Atchievements, for which reafon, I look upon you as a Perfon very well qualified for a Dédi

cation.

I may poffibly disappoint my Readers, and your self too, if I do not endeavour on this occafion to make the World acquainted with your Virtues. And here, Sir, I fhall not compliment you upon your Birth, Perfon, or Fortune, nor any other the like Perfections, which you poffefs whether you will or no: But shall only touch upon those, which are of your own acquir

ing,

ing, and in which every one muft allow you have a real Merit.

YOUR janty Air, and easy Motion, the Volubility of your Discourse, the Suddeness of your Laugh, the Management of your Snuff-Box, with the Whitenefs of your Hands and Teeth (which have justly gained you the Envy of the most polite part of the Male World, and the Love of the greateft Beauties in the Female) are intirely to be ascribed to your own perfonal Genius and Appli

cation,

You are formed for these Accomplishments by a happy Turn of Nature, and have fi nished

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