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Page 6
... telling me fhe looked upon the month as then out , for that he had all along reckoned by the new style . On the other hand , I have great reason to believe , from feveral angry letters which have been sent to me by disappointed lovers ...
... telling me fhe looked upon the month as then out , for that he had all along reckoned by the new style . On the other hand , I have great reason to believe , from feveral angry letters which have been sent to me by disappointed lovers ...
Page 61
... telling a ftory ; with Salluft , for his enter- ing into those internal principles of action which arise from the characters and manners of the perfons he defcribes ; or with Tacitus , for his difplaying those outward motives of fafety ...
... telling a ftory ; with Salluft , for his enter- ing into those internal principles of action which arise from the characters and manners of the perfons he defcribes ; or with Tacitus , for his difplaying those outward motives of fafety ...
Page 83
... tell us the inhabitants of that country laugh at the plantations of our Europeans , which are laid out by the rule and line ; because , they fay , any one may place trees in equal rows and uniform figures . They chufe chufe rather to ...
... tell us the inhabitants of that country laugh at the plantations of our Europeans , which are laid out by the rule and line ; because , they fay , any one may place trees in equal rows and uniform figures . They chufe chufe rather to ...
Page 125
... another , is to know the best time of advancing yourfelf . This method of two perfons . playing into each other's hand is fo dangerous , that L 3 1 cannot I cannot tell how a woman could be able to No. 423. THE SPECTATOR . 1251.
... another , is to know the best time of advancing yourfelf . This method of two perfons . playing into each other's hand is fo dangerous , that L 3 1 cannot I cannot tell how a woman could be able to No. 423. THE SPECTATOR . 1251.
Page 126
I cannot tell how a woman could be able to with- fland fuch a fiege . The condition of Gloriana , I am afraid , is irretrievable , for Strephon has had fo many opportunities of pleafing without fufpicion , that all which is left for her ...
I cannot tell how a woman could be able to with- fland fuch a fiege . The condition of Gloriana , I am afraid , is irretrievable , for Strephon has had fo many opportunities of pleafing without fufpicion , that all which is left for her ...
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