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... theatre in the Hay : A market , where I could not but take notice of two parties of very fine women , that : had placed themselves in the opposite side . boxes , and seemed drawn up in a kind of battle - array one against another .
... theatre in the Hay : A market , where I could not but take notice of two parties of very fine women , that : had placed themselves in the opposite side . boxes , and seemed drawn up in a kind of battle - array one against another .
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If Rosalinda is unfortunate in her mole , Nigranilla is as unhappy in a pimple , which forces her , against her inclinations , to patch on the whig side . I am told that many virtuous matrons , who formerly have been taught to believe ...
If Rosalinda is unfortunate in her mole , Nigranilla is as unhappy in a pimple , which forces her , against her inclinations , to patch on the whig side . I am told that many virtuous matrons , who formerly have been taught to believe ...
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If they must be shewing their zeal for the publick , let it not be against those who are perhaps of the fame family , or at least of the fame religion or nation , but againit those who are the open , professed , undoubted enemies of ...
If they must be shewing their zeal for the publick , let it not be against those who are perhaps of the fame family , or at least of the fame religion or nation , but againit those who are the open , professed , undoubted enemies of ...
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The debtor is the creditor's criminal , and all the officers of power and state , whom we behold make so great à figure , are no other than so many perfons in authority to make good , his charge against him . Human society depends upon ...
The debtor is the creditor's criminal , and all the officers of power and state , whom we behold make so great à figure , are no other than so many perfons in authority to make good , his charge against him . Human society depends upon ...
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It is therefore the inadvertency , negligence , “ or guilt of princes , to let any thing grow into custom “ which is against their laws . A court can make fashion “ and duty walk together ; it can never , without the guilt of a court ...
It is therefore the inadvertency , negligence , “ or guilt of princes , to let any thing grow into custom “ which is against their laws . A court can make fashion “ and duty walk together ; it can never , without the guilt of a court ...
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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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