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This unlucky mole , however , has misled several coxcombs ; and like the hanging out of false colours , made some of them converse with Rosalinda in what they thought the { pirit of her party , when on a sudden she has given them an an ...
This unlucky mole , however , has misled several coxcombs ; and like the hanging out of false colours , made some of them converse with Rosalinda in what they thought the { pirit of her party , when on a sudden she has given them an an ...
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... that feveral spots rise in her skin when she is angry , or as Mr. Cowley has imitated the verses that's stand as the motto of this paper ,, She swells with angry pride , And calls forth all her spots or ev'ry side .
... that feveral spots rise in her skin when she is angry , or as Mr. Cowley has imitated the verses that's stand as the motto of this paper ,, She swells with angry pride , And calls forth all her spots or ev'ry side .
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Certain it is , that a very hopeful young man was taken “ with leads in his pockets below bridge , where he ins tended to drown himself , because his Idol would wash the dish in which she had but just drank tea , before The would let ...
Certain it is , that a very hopeful young man was taken “ with leads in his pockets below bridge , where he ins tended to drown himself , because his Idol would wash the dish in which she had but just drank tea , before The would let ...
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But among all my plaintiffs of this nature , I most pity the unfortunate Philander , a man of a constant passion and plentiful fortune , who fets forth that the timorous and irresolute Silvia has demurred till she is past child ...
But among all my plaintiffs of this nature , I most pity the unfortunate Philander , a man of a constant passion and plentiful fortune , who fets forth that the timorous and irresolute Silvia has demurred till she is past child ...
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A timorous woman drops into her grave before she has done deliberating . Were the age of man the ' same that it was before the flood , a lady might facrifice half a century to a fcruple , and be two or three ages in demurring .
A timorous woman drops into her grave before she has done deliberating . Were the age of man the ' same that it was before the flood , a lady might facrifice half a century to a fcruple , and be two or three ages in demurring .
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| Title | The Spectator .. Volume 2 of The Spectator |
| Publisher | Peter Wilson, 1755 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2020 |
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