“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... use of my tongue , I was afraid that I had quite loft it . Befides , the unusual extenfion of my mufcles on this occafion , made my face ake on both fides , to fuch a degree , that nothing but an invincible refolution . and prefeverance ...
... use of my tongue , I was afraid that I had quite loft it . Befides , the unusual extenfion of my mufcles on this occafion , made my face ake on both fides , to fuch a degree , that nothing but an invincible refolution . and prefeverance ...
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... 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 have been run through the body for making a little too free with my betters . In a word ...
... 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 have been run through the body for making a little too free with my betters . In a word ...
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... use of your tongue , I have fome thoughts of following your example , that I may be a fortune - teller properly fpeaking . I am grown weary of my taciturnity , and ha- ving ferved my country many years under the title of the ' dumb ...
... use of your tongue , I have fome thoughts of following your example , that I may be a fortune - teller properly fpeaking . I am grown weary of my taciturnity , and ha- ving ferved my country many years under the title of the ' dumb ...
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... like other men , for I am afraid thou wilt be very queer , if thou doft not intend to use the phrafes in fashion , as thou calleft VOL . VIII . C them · ⚫ them in thy fecond paper . Haft thou No. 560 . 25 THE SPECTATOR .
... like other men , for I am afraid thou wilt be very queer , if thou doft not intend to use the phrafes in fashion , as thou calleft VOL . VIII . C them · ⚫ them in thy fecond paper . Haft thou No. 560 . 25 THE SPECTATOR .
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... use to those unhappy gentlemen , who are commonly diftinguished by the name of widow - hunters , and who do not know that this tribe of women are , generally speaking , as much upon the catch as themfelves . I fhall here communi- cate ...
... use to those unhappy gentlemen , who are commonly diftinguished by the name of widow - hunters , and who do not know that this tribe of women are , generally speaking , as much upon the catch as themfelves . I fhall here communi- cate ...
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