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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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bodies , were several ladies who patched indifferently on both sides of their faces , and seem'd to fit there with no ... the patches , which were before dispersed equally , are now all gone over to the whig or tory fide of the face .
bodies , were several ladies who patched indifferently on both sides of their faces , and seem'd to fit there with no ... the patches , which were before dispersed equally , are now all gone over to the whig or tory fide of the face .
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I am told that many virtuous matrons , who formerly have been taught to believe that this artificial spotting of the face was unlawful , are now reconciled by a zeal for their cause , to what they could not be prompted by a concern for ...
I am told that many virtuous matrons , who formerly have been taught to believe that this artificial spotting of the face was unlawful , are now reconciled by a zeal for their cause , to what they could not be prompted by a concern for ...
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... where I meet with shining landskips , gilded triumphs , beautiful faces , and all those other objects that fill the mind with gay ideas , and disperse that gloominess which is apt to hang upon it in those dark disconfolate feafons .
... where I meet with shining landskips , gilded triumphs , beautiful faces , and all those other objects that fill the mind with gay ideas , and disperse that gloominess which is apt to hang upon it in those dark disconfolate feafons .
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All the faces he drew were very remarkable for their smiles , and a certain smirking air which he bestowed indifferently on every age and degree of either sex . The toujours gai . appeared even in his judges , bishops , and privy ...
All the faces he drew were very remarkable for their smiles , and a certain smirking air which he bestowed indifferently on every age and degree of either sex . The toujours gai . appeared even in his judges , bishops , and privy ...
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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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