The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 12
... Reft of the morning . Fontange , the tire - woman , her account of my lady_Blithe's wash . Broke a tooth in my little tortoife - fhell comb . Sent Frank to know how my lady Heick refted after her monkey's leaping out at window . Looked ...
... Reft of the morning . Fontange , the tire - woman , her account of my lady_Blithe's wash . Broke a tooth in my little tortoife - fhell comb . Sent Frank to know how my lady Heick refted after her monkey's leaping out at window . Looked ...
Page 18
... reft is torn off ; and pofterity must be contented to know , that Mrs. Margaret Clark was very pretty , but are left in the dark as to the name of her lover . Τ No No 325 " Thursday , March 13 . Quid fruftra fimulacra fugacia captas ...
... reft is torn off ; and pofterity must be contented to know , that Mrs. Margaret Clark was very pretty , but are left in the dark as to the name of her lover . Τ No No 325 " Thursday , March 13 . Quid fruftra fimulacra fugacia captas ...
Page 22
... reft . I look upon myself to be in a itate of war , and am forc'd to keep as conftant watch in my feat , as a governor would do that commanded a town on the frontier of an enemy's country . I have indeed pretty well fecur'd my park ...
... reft . I look upon myself to be in a itate of war , and am forc'd to keep as conftant watch in my feat , as a governor would do that commanded a town on the frontier of an enemy's country . I have indeed pretty well fecur'd my park ...
Page 25
... reft : be on his fide Leaning half - rais'd , with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd and beheld Beauty , which , whether waking or afleep , Shot forth peculiar graces : then , with voice Mild , as when Zephyrus on Flora ...
... reft : be on his fide Leaning half - rais'd , with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd and beheld Beauty , which , whether waking or afleep , Shot forth peculiar graces : then , with voice Mild , as when Zephyrus on Flora ...
Page 58
... reft of the world ; in like manner the reaching out of the arm , and the moft or- dinary motion , difcovers whether a man ever learnt to know what is the true harmony and compofure of his limbs and countenance . Whoever has feen Booth ...
... reft of the world ; in like manner the reaching out of the arm , and the moft or- dinary motion , difcovers whether a man ever learnt to know what is the true harmony and compofure of his limbs and countenance . Whoever has feen Booth ...
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