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Addison then told him that he had injured him , but that , if he recovered , he
would recompense him . What the injury was he did not explain , nor did Gay
ever know ; but fupposed that some preferment designed for him , had by
Addison's ...
Addison then told him that he had injured him , but that , if he recovered , he
would recompense him . What the injury was he did not explain , nor did Gay
ever know ; but fupposed that some preferment designed for him , had by
Addison's ...
Page 20
Upon his asking him what he had upon his thoulder , he told him that he had
been buying sparrows for the opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend ,
licking his lips , what , are they to be roasted ? No , no , says the other , they are
to ...
Upon his asking him what he had upon his thoulder , he told him that he had
been buying sparrows for the opera . Sparrows for the opera , says his friend ,
licking his lips , what , are they to be roasted ? No , no , says the other , they are
to ...
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Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) was an Amazonian enchantress , and
poor Signior Cassani ( as we learn from the persons represented ) a Christian -
conjurer ( Mago Chriftiano ) , I must confefs I am very much puzzled to find how
an ...
Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) was an Amazonian enchantress , and
poor Signior Cassani ( as we learn from the persons represented ) a Christian -
conjurer ( Mago Chriftiano ) , I must confefs I am very much puzzled to find how
an ...
Page 35
... Streer - Clubs , in which the chief inhabitants of the street converfe together
every night . I remember , upon my enquiring after lodgings in Ormond - freet , the
landlord , to recommend that quarter of the town , told me , there was at that tiine
a ...
... Streer - Clubs , in which the chief inhabitants of the street converfe together
every night . I remember , upon my enquiring after lodgings in Ormond - freet , the
landlord , to recommend that quarter of the town , told me , there was at that tiine
a ...
Page 133
He was going on , when Sir Andrew Freeport took him up short , and told him ,
that the papers he hinted at had done great good in the city , and that all their
wives and daughters were the better for them ; and farther added , that the whole
city ...
He was going on , when Sir Andrew Freeport took him up short , and told him ,
that the papers he hinted at had done great good in the city , and that all their
wives and daughters were the better for them ; and farther added , that the whole
city ...
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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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