The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... felf . You may imagine , that whilft I am in this bad ftate of Health , there are none of your Works which I read with greater Pleasure than your Sa- turday's Papers . I fhould be very glad if I could furnish you with any Hints for that ...
... felf . You may imagine , that whilft I am in this bad ftate of Health , there are none of your Works which I read with greater Pleasure than your Sa- turday's Papers . I fhould be very glad if I could furnish you with any Hints for that ...
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... felf in- clined to fleep , I took up Virgil to divert me till I ' fhould be more difpofed to rest . He is the Author whom I always chufe on fuch Occafions , no one writing in fo divine , fo harmonious , nor fo equal ‹ a strain , which ...
... felf in- clined to fleep , I took up Virgil to divert me till I ' fhould be more difpofed to rest . He is the Author whom I always chufe on fuch Occafions , no one writing in fo divine , fo harmonious , nor fo equal ‹ a strain , which ...
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... felf . I indulged the Humour , and • fuffered my felf to wander without Choice or Defign . At length , at the end of a Range of Trees , I saw three Figures feated on a Bank of Mofs , with a filent Brook creeping at their Feet . I ador'd ...
... felf . I indulged the Humour , and • fuffered my felf to wander without Choice or Defign . At length , at the end of a Range of Trees , I saw three Figures feated on a Bank of Mofs , with a filent Brook creeping at their Feet . I ador'd ...
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... felf . " When the bad thus fpoken , the rofe from her Seat , and I immediately placed my felf under her Direction ; • but whilft I paffed through the Grove , " I could not help enquiring of her who were the Perfons admitted into that ...
... felf . " When the bad thus fpoken , the rofe from her Seat , and I immediately placed my felf under her Direction ; • but whilft I paffed through the Grove , " I could not help enquiring of her who were the Perfons admitted into that ...
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... felf C to my Guide , told her , that as I had ❝ fome Hopes I fhould be able to reach up part of the Afcent , fo I defpaired of having ftrength enough to attain the Plain on the Top . But being in- formed by her that it was impoffible ...
... felf C to my Guide , told her , that as I had ❝ fome Hopes I fhould be able to reach up part of the Afcent , fo I defpaired of having ftrength enough to attain the Plain on the Top . But being in- formed by her that it was impoffible ...
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