“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... introduction to a very curious letter , which I fhall make the chief entertainment of this fpeculation . VOL . VIII . B THE < THE old English plainnefs and fincerity , that gene- No. 557 . 13 THE SPECTATOR . No. 557. ...
... introduction to a very curious letter , which I fhall make the chief entertainment of this fpeculation . VOL . VIII . B THE < THE old English plainnefs and fincerity , that gene- No. 557 . 13 THE SPECTATOR . No. 557. ...
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... letter which I look upon as a great curiofity , and which may serve as an exemplification to the foregoing paffage , cited out of this moft excellent pre- late . It is faid to have been written in King Charles II's reign by the ...
... letter which I look upon as a great curiofity , and which may serve as an exemplification to the foregoing paffage , cited out of this moft excellent pre- late . It is faid to have been written in King Charles II's reign by the ...
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... letter , or rather billet- doux , from a pert young baggage , who congratulates with me upon the fame occafion . C C · I ' Dear Mr PRATE - A - PACE , June 23. 1714 . Aм a member of a female fociety who call ourselves the chit - chat ...
... letter , or rather billet- doux , from a pert young baggage , who congratulates with me upon the fame occafion . C C · I ' Dear Mr PRATE - A - PACE , June 23. 1714 . Aм a member of a female fociety who call ourselves the chit - chat ...
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... letters of the fame nature . € SIR , Oxford , June 25. 1714 . 7E are here wonderfully pleafed with the opening W of your mouth , and very frequently open ours ⚫ in approbation of your defign ; efpecially fince we find you are refolved ...
... letters of the fame nature . € SIR , Oxford , June 25. 1714 . 7E are here wonderfully pleafed with the opening W of your mouth , and very frequently open ours ⚫ in approbation of your defign ; efpecially fince we find you are refolved ...
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... letter . · Not THE management of a husband is built upon the fol- lowing doctrines , which are univerfally affented to by ' the whole club . Not to give him his head at first . Not to allow him too great freedoms and familiarities . to ...
... letter . · Not THE management of a husband is built upon the fol- lowing doctrines , which are univerfally affented to by ' the whole club . Not to give him his head at first . Not to allow him too great freedoms and familiarities . to ...
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