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"Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)"
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Date: From Saturd. March 11. to Tuesd. March 14. 1710
"It was then very pleasant to look into the Hearts of the whole Company; for the Balls of Sight are so form'd, that one Man's Eyes are Spectacles to another to read his Heart with."
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
Date: Friday, October 26, 1711
"A Man, they say, wears the Picture of his Mind in his Countenance; and one Man's Eyes are Spectacles to his who looks at him to read his Heart."
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
Date: 1722
"Such an Author consulted in a Morning, sets the Spirit for the Vicissitudes of the Day, better than the Glass does a Man's Person"
preview | full record— Steele, Sir Richard (1672-1729)
