The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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The confideration of this part of your character , is that which hinders me from enlarging on those extraordinary talents , which have given you so great a figure in the British senate , as well as in that elegance and politeness which ...
The confideration of this part of your character , is that which hinders me from enlarging on those extraordinary talents , which have given you so great a figure in the British senate , as well as in that elegance and politeness which ...
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After this he was forced on a fecond journey into Ægypt , when he committed his lady to the care of Sohemus , with the same private orders he had before given his uncle , if any mischief befel ...
After this he was forced on a fecond journey into Ægypt , when he committed his lady to the care of Sohemus , with the same private orders he had before given his uncle , if any mischief befel ...
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Upon the taking of Namure * , amidst other public rejoicings made on that occasion , there was a gold ring given by a whig justice of peace to be grinned for The first competitor that entered the lifts , was a black swarthy Frenchman ...
Upon the taking of Namure * , amidst other public rejoicings made on that occasion , there was a gold ring given by a whig justice of peace to be grinned for The first competitor that entered the lifts , was a black swarthy Frenchman ...
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... and the customary prices that are given for both in each country : I ought to have a clear knowledge of these matters beforehand , that I may presume upon sufficient returns to answer the charge of the cargo I have fitted out ...
... and the customary prices that are given for both in each country : I ought to have a clear knowledge of these matters beforehand , that I may presume upon sufficient returns to answer the charge of the cargo I have fitted out ...
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To this fum he frequently makes other voluntary addi . tions , insomuch that in a good year , for such he accounts those in which he has been able to make greater bounties than ordinary , he has given above twice that sum to the fickly ...
To this fum he frequently makes other voluntary addi . tions , insomuch that in a good year , for such he accounts those in which he has been able to make greater bounties than ordinary , he has given above twice that sum to the fickly ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 3 The Spectator |
| Publisher | Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 |
| Original from | Ghent University |
| Digitized | 29 Jun 2009 |
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