The Spectator ...1776 |
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Page 32
... set it round with her hufbands in mi- ⚫niature . As they have most of them the misfortune to be troubled with the colic , they have a noble cellar ⚫ of cordials and frong waters . When they grow maudlin , they are very apt to ...
... set it round with her hufbands in mi- ⚫niature . As they have most of them the misfortune to be troubled with the colic , they have a noble cellar ⚫ of cordials and frong waters . When they grow maudlin , they are very apt to ...
Page 146
... set it upright . The Hamadryad , or nymph , who must neceffarily have perished with the tree , appeared to him the next day , and after having returned him her thanks , told him , fhe was ready to grant what- ever he should afk . As fhe ...
... set it upright . The Hamadryad , or nymph , who must neceffarily have perished with the tree , appeared to him the next day , and after having returned him her thanks , told him , fhe was ready to grant what- ever he should afk . As fhe ...
Page 156
... set of meteors , in order to give the fublime to many modern tragedies . I was there laft winter at the first rehearsal of the new thunder , which is much more deep and sonorous than any hi- therto made ufe of . They have a Salmoneus ...
... set of meteors , in order to give the fublime to many modern tragedies . I was there laft winter at the first rehearsal of the new thunder , which is much more deep and sonorous than any hi- therto made ufe of . They have a Salmoneus ...
Page 157
... set up for profeffed critics among us are fo ftupid , that they do not know how to put ten words together with elegance or common propriety , and withal fo illiterate , that they have no taste of the learned languages , and therefore ...
... set up for profeffed critics among us are fo ftupid , that they do not know how to put ten words together with elegance or common propriety , and withal fo illiterate , that they have no taste of the learned languages , and therefore ...
Page 182
... set the whole congregation a staring at her . The mother was going on , when the young lady came out of the cave to us , with a composed countenance , and a low courtfey . She was a girl of fuch exuberant mirth , that her visit to ...
... set the whole congregation a staring at her . The mother was going on , when the young lady came out of the cave to us , with a composed countenance , and a low courtfey . She was a girl of fuch exuberant mirth , that her visit to ...
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