The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... person , which till that time was peculiar to men . Would our English ladies , inftead of flicking on a patch against those of their own country , fhew themfelves fo truly publick- fpirited as to facrifice every one her necklace against ...
... person , which till that time was peculiar to men . Would our English ladies , inftead of flicking on a patch against those of their own country , fhew themfelves fo truly publick- fpirited as to facrifice every one her necklace against ...
Page 29
... person than ordinary , and a beautiful wo- man , might be very happily changed for fuch to whom nature has been lefs liberal . The handfome fellow is ufually fo much a gentleman , and the fine woman has fomething fo becoming , that ...
... person than ordinary , and a beautiful wo- man , might be very happily changed for fuch to whom nature has been lefs liberal . The handfome fellow is ufually fo much a gentleman , and the fine woman has fomething fo becoming , that ...
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... person past being amorous , and do not give this information out of envy or jealoufy , but I am a real fufferer by it . Thefe lovers take any thing for tea and coffee ; I faw one yesterday furfeit to " make his court ; and all his ...
... person past being amorous , and do not give this information out of envy or jealoufy , but I am a real fufferer by it . Thefe lovers take any thing for tea and coffee ; I faw one yesterday furfeit to " make his court ; and all his ...
Page 72
... persons they adorn . T HERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head - drefs : Within my own memory I have known it rife and fall above thirty degrees . About ten years ago it fhot up to a very great height , infomuch that ...
... persons they adorn . T HERE is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head - drefs : Within my own memory I have known it rife and fall above thirty degrees . About ten years ago it fhot up to a very great height , infomuch that ...
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... person that is spoken of is reprefented by one who has no ill - will , and every thing that is mentioned defcribed by one that is apt to fet it in the best light , the entertainment must be it 80 N ° 100 THE SPECTATOR . whom he married ...
... person that is spoken of is reprefented by one who has no ill - will , and every thing that is mentioned defcribed by one that is apt to fet it in the best light , the entertainment must be it 80 N ° 100 THE SPECTATOR . whom he married ...
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