The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... pleased with a letter that is filled with touches of nature than of wit . The following one is of this kind . SIR , MONG all the diftreffes which happen in fami lies , I do not remember that you have touched apon the marriage of ...
... pleased with a letter that is filled with touches of nature than of wit . The following one is of this kind . SIR , MONG all the diftreffes which happen in fami lies , I do not remember that you have touched apon the marriage of ...
Page 56
... Vid . Tom . I. Chronicon Laurishamenfis Coenobii : fub anno 805 . This Lady had been betrothed to the Grecian Emperor ( Regi Græcorum defponfata . Freher . ) P. гог For that he would be pleased to difmifs him , 56 N ° 181 THE SPECTATOR .
... Vid . Tom . I. Chronicon Laurishamenfis Coenobii : fub anno 805 . This Lady had been betrothed to the Grecian Emperor ( Regi Græcorum defponfata . Freher . ) P. гог For that he would be pleased to difmifs him , 56 N ° 181 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 57
For that he would be pleased to difmifs him , pretending a kind of difcontent at his not having been rewarded for his long fervices . The emperor would not give a direct answer to his petition , but told him he would think of it , and ...
For that he would be pleased to difmifs him , pretending a kind of difcontent at his not having been rewarded for his long fervices . The emperor would not give a direct answer to his petition , but told him he would think of it , and ...
Page 68
... pleased , you could put out an adver- ⚫tisement not unlike the above - mentioned , of feveral men of figure ; that Mr. John Such - a - one , gentle man , or Thomas Such - a - one , efquire , who flept in the country last fummer ...
... pleased , you could put out an adver- ⚫tisement not unlike the above - mentioned , of feveral men of figure ; that Mr. John Such - a - one , gentle man , or Thomas Such - a - one , efquire , who flept in the country last fummer ...
Page 93
... pleased to rifk his good - fortune upon the number 1711 , because it is the year of our Lord . I am acquainted with a tacker that would give a good deal for the number 134. * On the contrary I have been told of a certain zealous dif ...
... pleased to rifk his good - fortune upon the number 1711 , because it is the year of our Lord . I am acquainted with a tacker that would give a good deal for the number 134. * On the contrary I have been told of a certain zealous dif ...
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