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Page 7
After a short survey of them , I found they were patch'd différently ; the faces on one hand being spotted on the right side of the foreshead , and those upon the other on the left . I quickly perceived that they caft hoftile glances ...
After a short survey of them , I found they were patch'd différently ; the faces on one hand being spotted on the right side of the foreshead , and those upon the other on the left . I quickly perceived that they caft hoftile glances ...
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I was some weeks ago in a course of these diverfions ; which had taken fuch an entire possession of my imagination , that they formed in ' it a short morning's dream ...
I was some weeks ago in a course of these diverfions ; which had taken fuch an entire possession of my imagination , that they formed in ' it a short morning's dream ...
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To be short , there was not a great master among the dead who had not contributed to the embellishment of this side of the gallery . The persons that owed their being to these several masters , appeared all of them to be real and alive ...
To be short , there was not a great master among the dead who had not contributed to the embellishment of this side of the gallery . The persons that owed their being to these several masters , appeared all of them to be real and alive ...
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Thy beard and head are of a diff'rent dye ; Short of one foot , distorted in an eye : With all these tokens of a knave complete , Should'st thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish cheat . I have seen a very ingenious author on this fabject ...
Thy beard and head are of a diff'rent dye ; Short of one foot , distorted in an eye : With all these tokens of a knave complete , Should'st thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish cheat . I have seen a very ingenious author on this fabject ...
Page 27
After a short examination of his face , the phyfiognomist pronounced him the most lewd , libidinous , drunken old fellow that he had ever met with in his whole life . Upon which the disciples all burst out a laughing , as thinking they ...
After a short examination of his face , the phyfiognomist pronounced him the most lewd , libidinous , drunken old fellow that he had ever met with in his whole life . Upon which the disciples all burst out a laughing , as thinking they ...
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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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