The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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Page 9
... thought fit . I happened to be fitting in a little Parlour which belonged to my own Part of the House , and mufing over one of the fondeft of my Husband's Letters , in which I always kept the Certificate of my Marriage , when this rude ...
... thought fit . I happened to be fitting in a little Parlour which belonged to my own Part of the House , and mufing over one of the fondeft of my Husband's Letters , in which I always kept the Certificate of my Marriage , when this rude ...
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... thought of confidering how I did it before I perufed your Speculation upon • that Subject . I fcarce find a fingle Action in these five Days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the ' working upon the Violet - Leaf , which I am ...
... thought of confidering how I did it before I perufed your Speculation upon • that Subject . I fcarce find a fingle Action in these five Days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the ' working upon the Violet - Leaf , which I am ...
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... thought himself ob- liged in Honour to conceal ; but that he could fhew her Picture in the Lid of his Snuff - Box .. The young Lady , who found herself the most fenfibly touched by this Con- feffion , took the firft Oportunity that ...
... thought himself ob- liged in Honour to conceal ; but that he could fhew her Picture in the Lid of his Snuff - Box .. The young Lady , who found herself the most fenfibly touched by this Con- feffion , took the firft Oportunity that ...
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... Thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome < Moral couched under that Place in the fame Book where the Poet lets us know , that the first Woman imme- diately after her Creation ran to a Looking Glafs , and became fo enamoured of her ...
... Thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome < Moral couched under that Place in the fame Book where the Poet lets us know , that the first Woman imme- diately after her Creation ran to a Looking Glafs , and became fo enamoured of her ...
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... Thought , and laid me down . On the green Bank , to look into the clear Smooth Lake , that to me seem'd another Sky . As I bent down to look , juft oppofite , A Shape within the watry Gleam appear'd Bending to look on me ; I started ...
... Thought , and laid me down . On the green Bank , to look into the clear Smooth Lake , that to me seem'd another Sky . As I bent down to look , juft oppofite , A Shape within the watry Gleam appear'd Bending to look on me ; I started ...
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