The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... head to imitate thofe antiquated creatures fo far , as to come into publick in the habit as well as air ⚫ of a Roman matron . You make already the entertain- ' ment at Mrs. Modifb's tea - table ; fhe fays , fhe always thought you a ...
... head to imitate thofe antiquated creatures fo far , as to come into publick in the habit as well as air ⚫ of a Roman matron . You make already the entertain- ' ment at Mrs. Modifb's tea - table ; fhe fays , fhe always thought you a ...
Page 43
... head to pieces . Pray , Sir , was this love or spite ? T * N ° 261 Saturday , December 29 . Frag . vet . Poet . Γάμο γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐυκλαῖον κακόν . Wedlock's an ill men eagerly embrace . M Y father , whom I mentioned in my firft ...
... head to pieces . Pray , Sir , was this love or spite ? T * N ° 261 Saturday , December 29 . Frag . vet . Poet . Γάμο γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐυκλαῖον κακόν . Wedlock's an ill men eagerly embrace . M Y father , whom I mentioned in my firft ...
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... head of a character , I examine every fyllable and letter of it , that it may not bear any refemblance to one that is real . I know very well the , value which every man fets upon his reputation , and how how painful it is to be exposed ...
... head of a character , I examine every fyllable and letter of it , that it may not bear any refemblance to one that is real . I know very well the , value which every man fets upon his reputation , and how how painful it is to be exposed ...
Page 54
... you never shall , for I will be for ever here- after • Your most dutiful fon , F. T. I will bring down new heads for my fifters . Pray let all be forgotten .. T 2 xxxxx N ° 264 Wednesday , January 2 . -Secretum 54 THE SPECTATOR . No 263.
... you never shall , for I will be for ever here- after • Your most dutiful fon , F. T. I will bring down new heads for my fifters . Pray let all be forgotten .. T 2 xxxxx N ° 264 Wednesday , January 2 . -Secretum 54 THE SPECTATOR . No 263.
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... head to foot , with a little aken cane in the form of a fubftantial man that did not mind his drefs , turned of fifty . He had at this time fifty pounds in ready money ; and in this habit , with this fortune , he took his prefent ...
... head to foot , with a little aken cane in the form of a fubftantial man that did not mind his drefs , turned of fifty . He had at this time fifty pounds in ready money ; and in this habit , with this fortune , he took his prefent ...
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