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Page 52
... they • were all contented to live still in their native country , and transfer their
allegiance to a new master . • The fertility of this province , its convenient fitu·
ation for trade and commerce , its capacity for furnishing employment and
subsistence ...
... they • were all contented to live still in their native country , and transfer their
allegiance to a new master . • The fertility of this province , its convenient fitu·
ation for trade and commerce , its capacity for furnishing employment and
subsistence ...
Page 180
These are what we commonly call Scolds , who imitate the animals out of which
they were taken , ' that are always busy and barking , that snarl at every one who
comes in their way , and live in perpetual clamour . The fourth kind of women ...
These are what we commonly call Scolds , who imitate the animals out of which
they were taken , ' that are always busy and barking , that snarl at every one who
comes in their way , and live in perpetual clamour . The fourth kind of women ...
Page 192
I will not enumerate more little circum' stances to give you a livelier sense of my
condi' tion ; but tell you in general , that from such steps as • these at first , I now
live the life of a prisoner of • state ; my letters are opened , and I have not the •
use ...
I will not enumerate more little circum' stances to give you a livelier sense of my
condi' tion ; but tell you in general , that from such steps as • these at first , I now
live the life of a prisoner of • state ; my letters are opened , and I have not the •
use ...
Page 328
Now , Sir , this sect , as I have been told , is very frequent in the great town where
you live ; but as my circunstance of life obliges me to rcfide altogether in the
country , though not many miles from London , I cannot have met ' with a great ...
Now , Sir , this sect , as I have been told , is very frequent in the great town where
you live ; but as my circunstance of life obliges me to rcfide altogether in the
country , though not many miles from London , I cannot have met ' with a great ...
Page 350
... Jeft and youthful jollity , Quips and cranks , and wanton wiles , Vods , and
becks , and wreathed smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , and love to live in
dimple seek : Sport that wrinkled care derides , And laughter holding both his
fides .
... Jeft and youthful jollity , Quips and cranks , and wanton wiles , Vods , and
becks , and wreathed smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , and love to live in
dimple seek : Sport that wrinkled care derides , And laughter holding both his
fides .
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 3 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | John Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2011 |
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