The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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Page 7
... Relation , I fhould bet glad were I fure it were falfe . It is told with fuch Simplicity , and there are fo many artlefs Touches of Diftrefs in it , that I fear it comes : too much from the Heart . < " Mr. SPECTATOR , Same Yours with a ...
... Relation , I fhould bet glad were I fure it were falfe . It is told with fuch Simplicity , and there are fo many artlefs Touches of Diftrefs in it , that I fear it comes : too much from the Heart . < " Mr. SPECTATOR , Same Yours with a ...
Page 19
... Relation to the following Letter , which I recei ved the Day before . · SIR , I Have read your last Saturday's Obfervation on the Fourth Book of Milton with great Satisfacti- on , and am particularly pleased with the hidden Mo- ral ...
... Relation to the following Letter , which I recei ved the Day before . · SIR , I Have read your last Saturday's Obfervation on the Fourth Book of Milton with great Satisfacti- on , and am particularly pleased with the hidden Mo- ral ...
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... Relation , whom I keep on conftant Duty , I have Blun- derbuffes always charged , and Fox - Gins planted in pri- vate Places about my Garden , of which I have given frequent notice in the Neighbourhood ; yet fo it is , that ⚫ in fpite ...
... Relation , whom I keep on conftant Duty , I have Blun- derbuffes always charged , and Fox - Gins planted in pri- vate Places about my Garden , of which I have given frequent notice in the Neighbourhood ; yet fo it is , that ⚫ in fpite ...
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... Relation , whofe Husband had made her a Present of a • Chariot and a ftately pair of Horfes ; and that she was pofitive she could not breathe a Week longer , unless she took the Air in the Fellow to it of her own within that time : This ...
... Relation , whofe Husband had made her a Present of a • Chariot and a ftately pair of Horfes ; and that she was pofitive she could not breathe a Week longer , unless she took the Air in the Fellow to it of her own within that time : This ...
Page 27
... Relation of her Dream , will be obvious to every Reader . Tho ' the Catastrophe of the Poem is finely pre- fag'd on this Occafion , the Particulars of it are fo artfully fhadow'd , that they do not anticipate the Story which fol- lows ...
... Relation of her Dream , will be obvious to every Reader . Tho ' the Catastrophe of the Poem is finely pre- fag'd on this Occafion , the Particulars of it are fo artfully fhadow'd , that they do not anticipate the Story which fol- lows ...
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