The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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... matters of im- portance are , in a club . However , as my friends have engaged me to ftand in the front , thofe ... matter of raillery than truth . He is now in the fixty - fixth year , chearful , gay and hearty ; keeps a good houfe ...
... matters of im- portance are , in a club . However , as my friends have engaged me to ftand in the front , thofe ... matter of raillery than truth . He is now in the fixty - fixth year , chearful , gay and hearty ; keeps a good houfe ...
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... matter . After having thus furveyed this great magazine of mortality , as it were in the lump ; I examined it more particularly by the accounts which I found on feveral of the monuments which are raifed in every quarter of that ancient ...
... matter . After having thus furveyed this great magazine of mortality , as it were in the lump ; I examined it more particularly by the accounts which I found on feveral of the monuments which are raifed in every quarter of that ancient ...
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... matter , I must ob- ferve , that the tone , or , as the French call it , the accent of every nation in their ordinary fpeech is altogether different from that of every other peo- ple ; as we may fee even in the Welch and Scotch , who ...
... matter , I must ob- ferve , that the tone , or , as the French call it , the accent of every nation in their ordinary fpeech is altogether different from that of every other peo- ple ; as we may fee even in the Welch and Scotch , who ...
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... matters of importance were con- 66 " certed and carried on in the Macedonian court " with their polls on one fide ... matter of merit it was all one , you « might wear a mask . " This threw him into a pause , and he looked defirous of ...
... matters of importance were con- 66 " certed and carried on in the Macedonian court " with their polls on one fide ... matter of merit it was all one , you « might wear a mask . " This threw him into a pause , and he looked defirous of ...
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... matter to his care , bids her go to her maids and mind her ipinning ; by which the poet intimates , that men and wo- men ought to bufy themfives in their proper pheres , and on fach matters only as are fuit- able to their refpective fex ...
... matter to his care , bids her go to her maids and mind her ipinning ; by which the poet intimates , that men and wo- men ought to bufy themfives in their proper pheres , and on fach matters only as are fuit- able to their refpective fex ...
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