The Spectator, No. 69 (19 May 1711) [ Places ]
… consulting together upon the private Business of Mankind, and making this Metropolis a kind of Emporium for the whole Earth. I must confess I look upon High-Change to be a great Council, in which all considerable Nations have their … of Business gives me an infinite Variety of solid and substantial Entertainments. As 1 am a great Lover of Mankind, my Heart naturally overflows with Pleasure at the sight of a prosperous and happy Multitude, insomuch that at many publick … into their Country whatever is wanting, and carrying out of it whatever is superfluous. Nature seems to have taken a particular Care to disseminate her Blessings among the different Regions of the World, with an Eye to this mutual …
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