The Spectator ...1776 |
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Page 29
... widow : but , after having tried my • fortune for above three years together , I have not been able to get one fingle relict in the mind . Ily first attacks were generally fuccefsful , but always C 3 • broke < broke off as foon as they ...
... widow : but , after having tried my • fortune for above three years together , I have not been able to get one fingle relict in the mind . Ily first attacks were generally fuccefsful , but always C 3 • broke < broke off as foon as they ...
Page 30
... widow - hunters , and who do not know that this tribe of women are , generally speaking , as much upon the catch as themfelves . I fhall here ⚫ communicate to you the myfteries of a certain fe- < male cabal of this order , who call ...
... widow - hunters , and who do not know that this tribe of women are , generally speaking , as much upon the catch as themfelves . I fhall here ⚫ communicate to you the myfteries of a certain fe- < male cabal of this order , who call ...
Page 31
... widow Wildfire , relict of Mr. John • Wildfire , fox - hunter , who broke his neck over a fix- • bar gate . She took his death fo much to heart , that it was thought it would have put an end to • her life , had the not diverted her ...
... widow Wildfire , relict of Mr. John • Wildfire , fox - hunter , who broke his neck over a fix- • bar gate . She took his death fo much to heart , that it was thought it would have put an end to • her life , had the not diverted her ...
Page 53
... widow in the neighbourhood , who has made fools of all the • fox - hunters within fifty miles of her . She declares , she intends to marry , but has not yet been asked • by the man fhe could like . She usually admits her humble admirers ...
... widow in the neighbourhood , who has made fools of all the • fox - hunters within fifty miles of her . She declares , she intends to marry , but has not yet been asked • by the man fhe could like . She usually admits her humble admirers ...
Page 76
... Widows has brought me in feveral letters ; and , among the reft , a long one from Mrs. Prefident , as follows : < 6 . Smart SIR , " as you You are pleafed to be very merry , as you ima- gine , with us widows : and you feem to ground ...
... Widows has brought me in feveral letters ; and , among the reft , a long one from Mrs. Prefident , as follows : < 6 . Smart SIR , " as you You are pleafed to be very merry , as you ima- gine , with us widows : and you feem to ground ...
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