The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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with a Jealous Husband , and to ease his mind of its unjuft fufpicions The First Rule I shall propose to be observed is , that you never seem to dislike in another what the Jealous Man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in ...
with a Jealous Husband , and to ease his mind of its unjuft fufpicions The First Rule I shall propose to be observed is , that you never seem to dislike in another what the Jealous Man is himself guilty of , or to admire any thing in ...
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Race - Horses , may probably have its use ; but the two laft , in which the asses and men are concerned , seem to me altogether extraordinary and unaccountable . Why they should keep running affes at Coleshill , or how making mouths ...
Race - Horses , may probably have its use ; but the two laft , in which the asses and men are concerned , seem to me altogether extraordinary and unaccountable . Why they should keep running affes at Coleshill , or how making mouths ...
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This paper might perhaps seem very impertinent , if it grew serious in the conclufion . I would nevertheless leave it to the consideration of those who are the patrons of first grin of this monstrous trial of skill , whether or no No ...
This paper might perhaps seem very impertinent , if it grew serious in the conclufion . I would nevertheless leave it to the consideration of those who are the patrons of first grin of this monstrous trial of skill , whether or no No ...
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I am afraid , by some lines in this letter , that my young student is touched with a distemper which he hardly seem to dream of , and is too far gone in it to receive advice . However , I fall animadvert in due time on the abuse which ...
I am afraid , by some lines in this letter , that my young student is touched with a distemper which he hardly seem to dream of , and is too far gone in it to receive advice . However , I fall animadvert in due time on the abuse which ...
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I had it in my thoughts , before I received the letter of this lady , to consider this dreadful passion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart the seems to feel does not abate the inclination I had to recommend to husbands a more ...
I had it in my thoughts , before I received the letter of this lady , to consider this dreadful passion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart the seems to feel does not abate the inclination I had to recommend to husbands a more ...
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