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Page 18
Who can such woes relate , without a tear , As stern Ulysjes must have wept to hear ? OOKING over the old manuscripts wherein the way of table - book , I found many things which gave me great delight ; and as human life turns ...
Who can such woes relate , without a tear , As stern Ulysjes must have wept to hear ? OOKING over the old manuscripts wherein the way of table - book , I found many things which gave me great delight ; and as human life turns ...
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Why " should not Pharamond hear the anguish he only can " relieve others from in time to come ? Let him hear “ from me , what they feel who have given death by the mercy of his administration , and form to himself the vengeance call'd ...
Why " should not Pharamond hear the anguish he only can " relieve others from in time to come ? Let him hear “ from me , what they feel who have given death by the mercy of his administration , and form to himself the vengeance call'd ...
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This I take to proceed from a temper that naturally • inclines me both to speak and hear . • With this account you may wonder how I can « have the vanity to offer myself as a candidate , which B 3 • I now do , to a society , where N ...
This I take to proceed from a temper that naturally • inclines me both to speak and hear . • With this account you may wonder how I can « have the vanity to offer myself as a candidate , which B 3 • I now do , to a society , where N ...
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Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short ? The Stage might be made a perpetual source of the moft noble and useful entertainments , were it under proper regulations .
Would not a man laugh to hear any one of this species complaining that life is short ? The Stage might be made a perpetual source of the moft noble and useful entertainments , were it under proper regulations .
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When I was holding a cup at his mouth , he fell into convulfions ; and at this very time I hear my dear master's last groan . I was quickly turned out of the room , and left to fob and beat my head against the wall at my * leisure .
When I was holding a cup at his mouth , he fell into convulfions ; and at this very time I hear my dear master's last groan . I was quickly turned out of the room , and left to fob and beat my head against the wall at my * leisure .
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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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