The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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... Servant , who had been alfo my Mother's Maid , to be prefent at the Ceremony . When that was over I demanded a Certificate , figned by the Minifter , my Husband , and the Servant I juft now fpoke of . After our Nuptials , we converfed ...
... Servant , who had been alfo my Mother's Maid , to be prefent at the Ceremony . When that was over I demanded a Certificate , figned by the Minifter , my Husband , and the Servant I juft now fpoke of . After our Nuptials , we converfed ...
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... Servant , Clarinda , TO resume one of the Morals of my firft Paper , and to confirm Clarinda in her good Inclinations , I would have her confider what a pretty Figure fhe would make among Pofterity , were the Hiftory of her whole Life ...
... Servant , Clarinda , TO resume one of the Morals of my firft Paper , and to confirm Clarinda in her good Inclinations , I would have her confider what a pretty Figure fhe would make among Pofterity , were the Hiftory of her whole Life ...
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... Servant , Philantrophos THE following Letter is of a quite contrary nature ; but I add it here , that the Reader may obferve at the fame View , how amiable Ignorance may be when it is fhewn in its Simplicities , and how deteftable in ...
... Servant , Philantrophos THE following Letter is of a quite contrary nature ; but I add it here , that the Reader may obferve at the fame View , how amiable Ignorance may be when it is fhewn in its Simplicities , and how deteftable in ...
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... Servant , R. T THE laft Confideration urged by my Querift is fo ftrong , that I cannot forbear clofing with it . The Paf fage he alludes to , is part of Eve's Speech to Adam , and one of the most beautiful Paffages in the whole Poem ...
... Servant , R. T THE laft Confideration urged by my Querift is fo ftrong , that I cannot forbear clofing with it . The Paf fage he alludes to , is part of Eve's Speech to Adam , and one of the most beautiful Paffages in the whole Poem ...
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... Servant . " Mr. SPECTATOR , H Mile - End - Green , March 6. 1711-12 . ERE is a young Man walks by our Door every Day about the Dusk of the Evening . He looks up at my Window , as if to fee me ; and if I fteal to- " wards it to peep at ...
... Servant . " Mr. SPECTATOR , H Mile - End - Green , March 6. 1711-12 . ERE is a young Man walks by our Door every Day about the Dusk of the Evening . He looks up at my Window , as if to fee me ; and if I fteal to- " wards it to peep at ...
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