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Page 10
... I • could have told you that the eye of Leonora is Nilywatch* ful while it looks negligent ; she looks round her without the help of the glasses you speak of , and yet seems to be employed on objects dire & tly before her .
... I • could have told you that the eye of Leonora is Nilywatch* ful while it looks negligent ; she looks round her without the help of the glasses you speak of , and yet seems to be employed on objects dire & tly before her .
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You must know , I am not a person apt to despair , but she has got an odd • humour of stopping short unaccountably , and , as the & herself told a confident of her's , she has cold fits . These • fits shall last her a month or six weeks ...
You must know , I am not a person apt to despair , but she has got an odd • humour of stopping short unaccountably , and , as the & herself told a confident of her's , she has cold fits . These • fits shall last her a month or six weeks ...
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I cannot now go • into the parlour to him , and make his heart glad with an account of a matter which was of no consequence , • but that I told it , and acted in it . The good man ' and woman are long since in their graves , who used to ...
I cannot now go • into the parlour to him , and make his heart glad with an account of a matter which was of no consequence , • but that I told it , and acted in it . The good man ' and woman are long since in their graves , who used to ...
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The parts of it are told in the most diftinct manner , and grow out of one another in the most natural method . The third qualification of an epic poem is its greatness . The anger of Achilles was of such consequence , that it embroiled ...
The parts of it are told in the most diftinct manner , and grow out of one another in the most natural method . The third qualification of an epic poem is its greatness . The anger of Achilles was of such consequence , that it embroiled ...
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He told me that his matter came to town last night , and would be glad to take a ... not having lately received any letter from him , he told me that his master was come up to get a sight of prince Eugene , and that he defired I would ...
He told me that his matter came to town last night , and would be glad to take a ... not having lately received any letter from him , he told me that his master was come up to get a sight of prince Eugene , and that he defired I would ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
| Original from | National Library of Israel |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2019 |
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