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Page 27
The reader may guess at the figure I made after having done all this mischief .
Idila patched my dinner as soon as I could , with my usual taciturnity , when , to
my utter confusion , the lady feeing me quitting my knife and fork , and laying
them ...
The reader may guess at the figure I made after having done all this mischief .
Idila patched my dinner as soon as I could , with my usual taciturnity , when , to
my utter confusion , the lady feeing me quitting my knife and fork , and laying
them ...
Page 108
... to the great scandal of foreigners , as well as those of our own country , ( who
are curious spectators of the fame ; I do humbly propose that you would be
pleased to make me your superintendant of all such figures and devices as are or
shall ...
... to the great scandal of foreigners , as well as those of our own country , ( who
are curious spectators of the fame ; I do humbly propose that you would be
pleased to make me your superintendant of all such figures and devices as are or
shall ...
Page 110
It would have been ridiculous for the ingenious Mrs. • Salmon to have lived at the
fign of the trout ; for " which reason fhe has crećted before her house the ' figure of
the fish that is her name - fake . Mr. Bell has likewise distinguished himíelf by a ...
It would have been ridiculous for the ingenious Mrs. • Salmon to have lived at the
fign of the trout ; for " which reason fhe has crećted before her house the ' figure of
the fish that is her name - fake . Mr. Bell has likewise distinguished himíelf by a ...
Page 144
... papers , was inclosed in a kind of iquare , consisting of one of the prettiest
grotesque works that ever I saw , and made up of scaramouches , lions , monkies
, mandarines , trees , shells , and a thousand other odd figures in China - ware .
... papers , was inclosed in a kind of iquare , consisting of one of the prettiest
grotesque works that ever I saw , and made up of scaramouches , lions , monkies
, mandarines , trees , shells , and a thousand other odd figures in China - ware .
Page 183
... Tapefiry - figures , Lion , Thunder -- The Bell rings to the Puppet - fhow -- Old
Woman with a beard married to a smock - faced Boy - My next Coat to be turned
up with Blue - Fable of Tongs and Gridiron-Flower Dyers -- The Soldier's Prayer ...
... Tapefiry - figures , Lion , Thunder -- The Bell rings to the Puppet - fhow -- Old
Woman with a beard married to a smock - faced Boy - My next Coat to be turned
up with Blue - Fable of Tongs and Gridiron-Flower Dyers -- The Soldier's Prayer ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 1 The Spectator, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Published | 1793 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2012 |
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