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my guith under such preflures . As for myself , my natural - Verlion to that sort of conversation which makes a figure with the generality of mankind , exempts me from any temptations to expence ; and all my business lies within a very ...
my guith under such preflures . As for myself , my natural - Verlion to that sort of conversation which makes a figure with the generality of mankind , exempts me from any temptations to expence ; and all my business lies within a very ...
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He also added such a beautiful brown to the shades , and mellowness to the colours , that he made every pi & ture appear more perfect than when it came fresh from the master's pencil . I could not forbear looking upon the face of this ...
He also added such a beautiful brown to the shades , and mellowness to the colours , that he made every pi & ture appear more perfect than when it came fresh from the master's pencil . I could not forbear looking upon the face of this ...
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Upon such notice , • unobserved by others , ( for their entire intimacy was « always a secret ) Eucrate repaired to his own apartment to receive the king . There was a secret access part of the court , at which Eucrate used to ad6 mit ...
Upon such notice , • unobserved by others , ( for their entire intimacy was « always a secret ) Eucrate repaired to his own apartment to receive the king . There was a secret access part of the court , at which Eucrate used to ad6 mit ...
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You are so excessively perplexed with the particularities in their behaviour , that , to be at ease , one would be apt to wish there were no such creatures . They expect fo great allowances , and give so little to others , that they who ...
You are so excessively perplexed with the particularities in their behaviour , that , to be at ease , one would be apt to wish there were no such creatures . They expect fo great allowances , and give so little to others , that they who ...
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These Idols fit and receive all day long the adoration of the youth within • such and such districts : I know in particular , goods are not entered as they ought to be at the custom - house , nor law - reports perused at the temple ...
These Idols fit and receive all day long the adoration of the youth within • such and such districts : I know in particular , goods are not entered as they ought to be at the custom - house , nor law - reports perused at the temple ...
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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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