“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... turn of nature , and have finifhed yourself in them by the utmoft improvements . of art . A man that is defective in either of thefe qualifications ( whatever may be the fecret ambition of his heart ) must never hope to make the figure ...
... turn of nature , and have finifhed yourself in them by the utmoft improvements . of art . A man that is defective in either of thefe qualifications ( whatever may be the fecret ambition of his heart ) must never hope to make the figure ...
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... turn : fome fancy me a great enemy to the French king , though , in reality , I only make use of him for a help to difcourfe . In fhort , I wrangle and difpute for exercise ; and have carried this point fo far , that I was once like to ...
... turn : fome fancy me a great enemy to the French king , though , in reality , I only make use of him for a help to difcourfe . In fhort , I wrangle and difpute for exercise ; and have carried this point fo far , that I was once like to ...
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... turns upon their former husbands , and it is very diverting to hear them relate ⚫ their feveral arts and ftratagems ... turn away all his old friends and fervants , that he may have the dear man to * herself . To make him difinherit the ...
... turns upon their former husbands , and it is very diverting to hear them relate ⚫ their feveral arts and ftratagems ... turn away all his old friends and fervants , that he may have the dear man to * herself . To make him difinherit the ...
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... turn my hand to every thing , and der any shape whatfoever . I can make myfelf man , wo- " man , or child . I am fometimes metamorphofed into a year of our Lord , a day of the month , or an hour of the day . I very often represent a fum ...
... turn my hand to every thing , and der any shape whatfoever . I can make myfelf man , wo- " man , or child . I am fometimes metamorphofed into a year of our Lord , a day of the month , or an hour of the day . I very often represent a fum ...
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... turn , being always difcarded as foon as a proper perfon is found out to fill up my place . ' If you have ever been in the playhoufe before the curtain rifes , you see most of the front - boxes filled with men of my family , who ...
... turn , being always difcarded as foon as a proper perfon is found out to fill up my place . ' If you have ever been in the playhoufe before the curtain rifes , you see most of the front - boxes filled with men of my family , who ...
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