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Page 12
When I walk the street , and observe the hurry about : ne in this town , Where with like base , tho * diff'rent ways they run ; Some to undo , and some to be undone ; I say , when I behold this vaft variety of persons and bumours ...
When I walk the street , and observe the hurry about : ne in this town , Where with like base , tho * diff'rent ways they run ; Some to undo , and some to be undone ; I say , when I behold this vaft variety of persons and bumours ...
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... but as surety for others ; and I remember when a friend of his had suffered in the vice of the town , all the phyfick his friend took was conveyed to him by Jack , and inscribed , ' A bolus or an electuary for Mr : Truepenny .
... but as surety for others ; and I remember when a friend of his had suffered in the vice of the town , all the phyfick his friend took was conveyed to him by Jack , and inscribed , ' A bolus or an electuary for Mr : Truepenny .
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Α ' Mr. SPECTATOR , FTER I have assured you I am in every respect one of the handsomest young girls about town , . I need be particular in nothing but the make of my face , which has the misfortune to be exactly oval .
Α ' Mr. SPECTATOR , FTER I have assured you I am in every respect one of the handsomest young girls about town , . I need be particular in nothing but the make of my face , which has the misfortune to be exactly oval .
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Hither people bring their lackeys out of late , and here it is that all they say at their tables , and ads in their houses , is communicated to the whole town . There are men of wit in all conditions : of life ; and mixing with these ...
Hither people bring their lackeys out of late , and here it is that all they say at their tables , and ads in their houses , is communicated to the whole town . There are men of wit in all conditions : of life ; and mixing with these ...
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... I cannot forbear inserting the circumstances which pleased me in the account a young lady gave me of the loves of a family in town , which shall be namelefs ; or rather for the better found and elevation of the history , instead of ...
... I cannot forbear inserting the circumstances which pleased me in the account a young lady gave me of the loves of a family in town , which shall be namelefs ; or rather for the better found and elevation of the history , instead 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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