The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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... race of mortals who call themselves philofo- phers ; and yet , to your honour be it fpoken , there is not a fage of them all could have better acted up to to their precepts in one of the most important points iv DEDICATION .
... race of mortals who call themselves philofo- phers ; and yet , to your honour be it fpoken , there is not a fage of them all could have better acted up to to their precepts in one of the most important points iv DEDICATION .
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... themselves the most unhappy , would prefer the fhare they are already poffefs'd of , before that which would fall to them by fuch a divifion . race has carried this thought a great deal farther in the motto of my paper , which implies ...
... themselves the most unhappy , would prefer the fhare they are already poffefs'd of , before that which would fall to them by fuch a divifion . race has carried this thought a great deal farther in the motto of my paper , which implies ...
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... themselves in a thousand chimerical thapes , as hér garments hovered in the wind . There was fomething wild and distracted in her looks . Her name was fancy . She led up every mortal to the appointed place , after having very ...
... themselves in a thousand chimerical thapes , as hér garments hovered in the wind . There was fomething wild and distracted in her looks . Her name was fancy . She led up every mortal to the appointed place , after having very ...
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down their wrinkles , and feveral young ones who ftripped themselves of a tawny fkin . There were very great heaps of red nofes , large lips , and rufty : teeth . The truth of it is , I was furprised to see the greateft part of the ...
down their wrinkles , and feveral young ones who ftripped themselves of a tawny fkin . There were very great heaps of red nofes , large lips , and rufty : teeth . The truth of it is , I was furprised to see the greateft part of the ...
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... themselves is this , to cry up the pleasures of a fingle life upon all occafions , in order to deter the reft of their fex from mar- ⚫riage , and ingrofs the whole male world to them- felves . • " They are obliged , when any one makes ...
... themselves is this , to cry up the pleasures of a fingle life upon all occafions , in order to deter the reft of their fex from mar- ⚫riage , and ingrofs the whole male world to them- felves . • " They are obliged , when any one makes ...
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