The Spectator, Volume 5J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 100
... defire you to inform several " Gluttons of my Acquaintance , who look on me with Envy , that they had beft moderate their Ambition in time , left Infamy or Death attend their Succefs . I for- got to tell you , Sir , with what ...
... defire you to inform several " Gluttons of my Acquaintance , who look on me with Envy , that they had beft moderate their Ambition in time , left Infamy or Death attend their Succefs . I for- got to tell you , Sir , with what ...
Page 248
... defire to know , and what I may really call a Lover . There are so many who talk in a Language fit only for that Character , and yet guard themfelves again ft fpeak- ing in direct Terms to the Point , that it is impoffible to ...
... defire to know , and what I may really call a Lover . There are so many who talk in a Language fit only for that Character , and yet guard themfelves again ft fpeak- ing in direct Terms to the Point , that it is impoffible to ...
Page 249
... Defire of being admired , put me in mind of re- lating how agreeably I was entertained at my own . Door laft Thursday by a clean fresh - colour'd Girl , un- ⚫der the most elegant and the beft furnished Milk Pail I had ever obferved . I ...
... Defire of being admired , put me in mind of re- lating how agreeably I was entertained at my own . Door laft Thursday by a clean fresh - colour'd Girl , un- ⚫der the most elegant and the beft furnished Milk Pail I had ever obferved . I ...
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