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... himself Mat Meager , complains , that whereas he conftantly ufed to breakfaft with his miftrefs upon chocolate , going to wait upon her the first of May he found his ufual treat very much changed for the worfe , and has - been forced to ...
... himself Mat Meager , complains , that whereas he conftantly ufed to breakfaft with his miftrefs upon chocolate , going to wait upon her the first of May he found his ufual treat very much changed for the worfe , and has - been forced to ...
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... himself Peter de Quir . I have kept it by me fome months , and though I did not know at firft what to make of it , upon my reading it over very frequent- ly , I have at last discovered several conceits in it : I would not , therefore ...
... himself Peter de Quir . I have kept it by me fome months , and though I did not know at firft what to make of it , upon my reading it over very frequent- ly , I have at last discovered several conceits in it : I would not , therefore ...
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... advife the writer to work himself up , if pof- fible , to the pitch of forrow which he endeavours to produce in others . There are none , therefore , I - who who ftir up pity fo much as those who indite 12 THE SPECTATOR . No. 397 .
... advife the writer to work himself up , if pof- fible , to the pitch of forrow which he endeavours to produce in others . There are none , therefore , I - who who ftir up pity fo much as those who indite 12 THE SPECTATOR . No. 397 .
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... himself could not have made her talk in a ftrain fo fuitable to her condition and character . One fees in it the expoftulations of a flighted lover , the refentments of an injured woman , and the for- rows of an imprisoned queen . I ...
... himself could not have made her talk in a ftrain fo fuitable to her condition and character . One fees in it the expoftulations of a flighted lover , the refentments of an injured woman , and the for- rows of an imprisoned queen . I ...
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... himself , that he was a very ill man to go on in vifiting and pro- feffing love to Flavia , when his heart was enthralled to another . It is an infirmity that I am not con- ftant to Flavia ; but it would be ftill a greater crime , fince ...
... himself , that he was a very ill man to go on in vifiting and pro- feffing love to Flavia , when his heart was enthralled to another . It is an infirmity that I am not con- ftant to Flavia ; but it would be ftill a greater crime , fince ...
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