The Spectator, Volume 6Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton., 1879 |
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... gentleman who hath ever been ambitious of appearing in the best company . You are now wholly retired from the busy part of mankind , and at leisure to reflect upon your past achievements ; for which reason I look upon you as a person ...
... gentleman who hath ever been ambitious of appearing in the best company . You are now wholly retired from the busy part of mankind , and at leisure to reflect upon your past achievements ; for which reason I look upon you as a person ...
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... gentleman makes as many awkward beaux , as the easiness of your favour- ite hath made insipid poets . At present you are content to aim all your charms at your own spouse , without farther thought of mischief to any others of the sex ...
... gentleman makes as many awkward beaux , as the easiness of your favour- ite hath made insipid poets . At present you are content to aim all your charms at your own spouse , without farther thought of mischief to any others of the sex ...
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... gentleman in England better read in tomb - stones than myself , my studies having laid very much in church - yards . I shall beg leave to send you a couple of epitaphs , for a sample of those I have just now mentioned . They are written ...
... gentleman in England better read in tomb - stones than myself , my studies having laid very much in church - yards . I shall beg leave to send you a couple of epitaphs , for a sample of those I have just now mentioned . They are written ...
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... gentleman I speak of in search of one of his false- hoods : and have been present when they have de- scribed the very man they have spoken to , as him who first reported it , tall or short , black or fair , a gentleman or a raggamuffin ...
... gentleman I speak of in search of one of his false- hoods : and have been present when they have de- scribed the very man they have spoken to , as him who first reported it , tall or short , black or fair , a gentleman or a raggamuffin ...
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... which comes into such a gentleman's way , gives his wife new pleasures and satisfactions . The approbation of his words and actions is a continual new feast to her : nor can she enough applaud 30 [ No. 522 THE SPECTATOR .
... which comes into such a gentleman's way , gives his wife new pleasures and satisfactions . The approbation of his words and actions is a continual new feast to her : nor can she enough applaud 30 [ No. 522 THE SPECTATOR .
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