“The” Spectator, Volume 6J. Parsons, 1793 - English essays |
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Page 7
... seen you give to others in your Papers , make me address myself to you in this abrupt manner , and to desire your opinion what in this age a woman may call a Lover . I have lately had a gentleman that I thought made pretensions to me ...
... seen you give to others in your Papers , make me address myself to you in this abrupt manner , and to desire your opinion what in this age a woman may call a Lover . I have lately had a gentleman that I thought made pretensions to me ...
Page 13
... seen to laugh . Chearfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspicuous in ...
... seen to laugh . Chearfulness of mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspicuous in ...
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... seen a very criminal at the bar , when his counsel and friends have done all that they could for him in vain , prevail on the whole assembly to pity him , and his judge to recommend his case to the mercy of the throne , without offering ...
... seen a very criminal at the bar , when his counsel and friends have done all that they could for him in vain , prevail on the whole assembly to pity him , and his judge to recommend his case to the mercy of the throne , without offering ...
Page 63
... seen ; for which reason the young gentlemen were sent from Court to study mathematics at the University . " I need not acquaint you that I was very well made , and reckoned a bright polite gentleman . I was the confident and darling of ...
... seen ; for which reason the young gentlemen were sent from Court to study mathematics at the University . " I need not acquaint you that I was very well made , and reckoned a bright polite gentleman . I was the confident and darling of ...
Page 73
... seen forty weeks well over , at which period of time , as my good friend Sir ROGER has often told me , he has more business as justice of peace , among the dissolute young people in the country , than at any other season of the year ...
... seen forty weeks well over , at which period of time , as my good friend Sir ROGER has often told me , he has more business as justice of peace , among the dissolute young people in the country , than at any other season of the year ...
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