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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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like a girl , affects a childish fondness in the tone of her voice , sometimes a pretty sullenness in the leaning of her head , and now and then a down - cast of her eyes on her fan : Neither her imagination nor her health would ever ...
like a girl , affects a childish fondness in the tone of her voice , sometimes a pretty sullenness in the leaning of her head , and now and then a down - cast of her eyes on her fan : Neither her imagination nor her health would ever ...
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Tulip understood the reproach , and in return began to applaud the wisdom of old amorous gentlemen , who turned their mistress's imagination as far as pollible from what they had long themselves forgot , and ended his discourse with a ...
Tulip understood the reproach , and in return began to applaud the wisdom of old amorous gentlemen , who turned their mistress's imagination as far as pollible from what they had long themselves forgot , and ended his discourse with a ...
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It is certain , when a well - corrected lively imagination and good - breeding are added to a sweet disposition , they qualify it to be one of the greatest blessings , as well as pleasures of life , Men would come into company with ten ...
It is certain , when a well - corrected lively imagination and good - breeding are added to a sweet disposition , they qualify it to be one of the greatest blessings , as well as pleasures of life , Men would come into company with ten ...
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For my own part , I. often flatter myself with the honourable mention which will then be made of me ; and have drawn up a para-graph in my own imagination , that I fancy will not be altogether unlike what will be found in some page or ...
For my own part , I. often flatter myself with the honourable mention which will then be made of me ; and have drawn up a para-graph in my own imagination , that I fancy will not be altogether unlike what will be found in some page or ...
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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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