The Spectator, Volume 3Harrison and Company, 1793 - English essays |
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Page 17
... shall be there exhibited . I must not here omit an account which I lately receiv- ed of one of thefe grinning - matches from a gentleman , who , upon reading the above - mentioned advertisement , entertained the coffee - house with the ...
... shall be there exhibited . I must not here omit an account which I lately receiv- ed of one of thefe grinning - matches from a gentleman , who , upon reading the above - mentioned advertisement , entertained the coffee - house with the ...
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... shall Sir Roger . Sir Roger gives to his men , but I place mine above the neceffity or obligation of my bounty . I am in very little pain for the Roman proverb upon the Cartha- ginian traders ; the Romans were their profeffed ene- mies ...
... shall Sir Roger . Sir Roger gives to his men , but I place mine above the neceffity or obligation of my bounty . I am in very little pain for the Roman proverb upon the Cartha- ginian traders ; the Romans were their profeffed ene- mies ...
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... SHALL this day entertain my readers with two or three letters I have received from my correfpon- dents : The first discovers to me a fpecies of females which have hitherto escaped my notice , and is as follows : • Mr. Spectator , I AM a ...
... SHALL this day entertain my readers with two or three letters I have received from my correfpon- dents : The first discovers to me a fpecies of females which have hitherto escaped my notice , and is as follows : • Mr. Spectator , I AM a ...
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... shall not pretend to explain upon it until farther confideration , but leave the author of the epistle to ex- prefs his condition his own way , 6 6 • Mr. Spectator , I Do not deny but you appear in many of your papers to understand ...
... shall not pretend to explain upon it until farther confideration , but leave the author of the epistle to ex- prefs his condition his own way , 6 6 • Mr. Spectator , I Do not deny but you appear in many of your papers to understand ...
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... shall single out that which goes under the general name of charity , as it confifts in relieving the indigent ; that being a trial of this kind which offers itself to us almost at all times and in every place . I fhould propofe it as a ...
... shall single out that which goes under the general name of charity , as it confifts in relieving the indigent ; that being a trial of this kind which offers itself to us almost at all times and in every place . I fhould propofe it as a ...
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