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Thy beard and head are of a diff'rent dye ; Short of one foot , distorted in an eye : With all these tokens of a knave complete , Should'st thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish cheat . I have seen a very ingenious author on this fabject ...
Thy beard and head are of a diff'rent dye ; Short of one foot , distorted in an eye : With all these tokens of a knave complete , Should'st thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish cheat . I have seen a very ingenious author on this fabject ...
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That yesterday is gone , and nothing gaind ; And all thy fruitless days will thus be drain'd : For thou haft more to - morrow yet to ask , And wilt be ever to begin thy tak ; Who , like the hindmost chariot - wheels , are currt , Sin to ...
That yesterday is gone , and nothing gaind ; And all thy fruitless days will thus be drain'd : For thou haft more to - morrow yet to ask , And wilt be ever to begin thy tak ; Who , like the hindmost chariot - wheels , are currt , Sin to ...
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This turn hath made amends ; thou haft fulfill'd Thy words , Creator bountcous and benign ! Giver of all things fair ; but faireft this Of all thy gifts , nor envieft . I now fee Beno Bone of my bone , flesh of my flesh , No Big THE ...
This turn hath made amends ; thou haft fulfill'd Thy words , Creator bountcous and benign ! Giver of all things fair ; but faireft this Of all thy gifts , nor envieft . I now fee Beno Bone of my bone , flesh of my flesh , No Big THE ...
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... nay a single moment , appear to any of his creatures as a thou . sand years . I shall leave my reader to compare these eastern fables with the notions of those two great philosophers whom I have quoted in this paper ; and shall only ...
... nay a single moment , appear to any of his creatures as a thou . sand years . I shall leave my reader to compare these eastern fables with the notions of those two great philosophers whom I have quoted in this paper ; and shall only ...
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How • couldst thou forget our loves so far as to enter into a • fecond marriage , and after that into a third , nay to take : for thy husband a man who has so shamefully crept • into the bed of his brother ? However , for the sake • of ...
How • couldst thou forget our loves so far as to enter into a • fecond marriage , and after that into a third , nay to take : for thy husband a man who has so shamefully crept • into the bed of his brother ? However , for the sake • of ...
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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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