The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 48
... circumstances of human life into your confideration , we the un- der - written thought it not improper for us also to re- prefent to you our condition . We are three ladies who live in the country , and the greatest improvements we make ...
... circumstances of human life into your confideration , we the un- der - written thought it not improper for us also to re- prefent to you our condition . We are three ladies who live in the country , and the greatest improvements we make ...
Page 50
... millions her victorious bands Pursuing It requir'd great pregnancy of invention , and ftrength of imagination , to fill this battle with fuch circumstances as every as fhould raise and aftonish the mind of the 50 No 333 THE SPECTATOR .
... millions her victorious bands Pursuing It requir'd great pregnancy of invention , and ftrength of imagination , to fill this battle with fuch circumstances as every as fhould raise and aftonish the mind of the 50 No 333 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 55
... fight of good and bad angels with all the like circumstances of horror . The fhout of armies , the rattling of brafen chariots , the hurling of rocks C4 and and mountains , the earthquake , the fire , the N9 333 55 THE SPECTATOR .
... fight of good and bad angels with all the like circumstances of horror . The fhout of armies , the rattling of brafen chariots , the hurling of rocks C4 and and mountains , the earthquake , the fire , the N9 333 55 THE SPECTATOR .
Page 82
... circumstances ' ; when the heavens and earth were finished : when the Meffiah , afcended up in triumph thro ' the everlasting gates ; when he looked down with pleafure upon his new creation ; when every part of nature seemed to rejoice ...
... circumstances ' ; when the heavens and earth were finished : when the Meffiah , afcended up in triumph thro ' the everlasting gates ; when he looked down with pleafure upon his new creation ; when every part of nature seemed to rejoice ...
Page 91
... circumstances wherein my wife and I fhall foon be , that it is with a reluctance I never knew before , I am . going to my duty . What puts ine to prefent pain , is , the example of a young lady , whofe ftory you shall have as well as I ...
... circumstances wherein my wife and I fhall foon be , that it is with a reluctance I never knew before , I am . going to my duty . What puts ine to prefent pain , is , the example of a young lady , whofe ftory you shall have as well as I ...
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