The Spectator ...1776 |
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Page 11
... pleased in my life than about a week ago , when , as I was battling it across the table with a young templar , his companion gave him a pull by the fleeve , begging him to come away , for that the old prig would talk him to death ...
... pleased in my life than about a week ago , when , as I was battling it across the table with a young templar , his companion gave him a pull by the fleeve , begging him to come away , for that the old prig would talk him to death ...
Page 25
... pleased that he had not been left to his own choice , as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot . Befides the several pieces of morality to be drawn out of this vifion , I learned from it , never to repine at my own misfortunes , or ...
... pleased that he had not been left to his own choice , as to the kind of evils which fell to his lot . Befides the several pieces of morality to be drawn out of this vifion , I learned from it , never to repine at my own misfortunes , or ...
Page 55
... pleased , without any danger of the fta- tute . That I may imitate thefe celebrated authors , and publish a paper which fhall be more taking than or- dinary , I have here drawn up a very curious libel , in which a reader of penetration ...
... pleased , without any danger of the fta- tute . That I may imitate thefe celebrated authors , and publish a paper which fhall be more taking than or- dinary , I have here drawn up a very curious libel , in which a reader of penetration ...
Page 84
... pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the lofs of a farm : Why , faid he , I have three farms ftill , and you have but one ; fo that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me . On the ...
... pleased with the reply which Aristippus made to one who condoled him upon the lofs of a farm : Why , faid he , I have three farms ftill , and you have but one ; fo that I ought rather to be afflicted for you than you for me . On the ...
Page 96
... pleased , with a fcorn- ful fmile , to bid me go to fleep . · The first minute I got to my lodgings in town , I fet pen to paper , to defire your opinion , whe- ther , upon the evidence before you , I am mad or I can bring certificates ...
... pleased , with a fcorn- ful fmile , to bid me go to fleep . · The first minute I got to my lodgings in town , I fet pen to paper , to defire your opinion , whe- ther , upon the evidence before you , I am mad or I can bring certificates ...
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