The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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... Things of You , and You cannot hide from us , ( by the most discreet Silence in any Thing which regards your self ) that the frank Enter tainment we have at your Table , your easie Condescen sion in little Incidents of Mirth and ...
... Things of You , and You cannot hide from us , ( by the most discreet Silence in any Thing which regards your self ) that the frank Enter tainment we have at your Table , your easie Condescen sion in little Incidents of Mirth and ...
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... Thing is this : Mr. Shapely is the prettiest Gentleman about Town . He is very tall , but not too tall neither . He dances like an Angel . His Mouth is made I don't know how , but ' tis the prettiest that I ever saw in my Life . He is ...
... Thing is this : Mr. Shapely is the prettiest Gentleman about Town . He is very tall , but not too tall neither . He dances like an Angel . His Mouth is made I don't know how , but ' tis the prettiest that I ever saw in my Life . He is ...
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... Thing easily , takes it in with Pleasure , and retains it long . Method is not less requisite in ordinary Conversation than in Writing , provided a Man would talk to make himself understood . I , who hear a thousand Coffee - house ...
... Thing easily , takes it in with Pleasure , and retains it long . Method is not less requisite in ordinary Conversation than in Writing , provided a Man would talk to make himself understood . I , who hear a thousand Coffee - house ...
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... things to buy for his Family , wou'd oblige me to walk with him to the Shops . He was very nice in his Way , and fond of having every thing shewn , which at first made me very uneasy ; but as his Humour still con- tinu'd , the things ...
... things to buy for his Family , wou'd oblige me to walk with him to the Shops . He was very nice in his Way , and fond of having every thing shewn , which at first made me very uneasy ; but as his Humour still con- tinu'd , the things ...
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... Thing con trary to the course and order of Things , out of Fondness to be in Fashion , are proper Candidates . To conclude , those who are in Fashion without apparent Merit , must be suppos'd to have latent Qualities , which would ...
... Thing con trary to the course and order of Things , out of Fondness to be in Fashion , are proper Candidates . To conclude , those who are in Fashion without apparent Merit , must be suppos'd to have latent Qualities , which would ...
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