The Spectator, Volume 3John Bell, 1776 - English essays |
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... young or gay turns their thoughts upon . their wives .. A fecond fort of men , who are most liable to this paffion , are thofe of cunning , wary , and dif- trustful tempers . It is a fault very juftly found in hiftories compofed by ...
... young or gay turns their thoughts upon . their wives .. A fecond fort of men , who are most liable to this paffion , are thofe of cunning , wary , and dif- trustful tempers . It is a fault very juftly found in hiftories compofed by ...
Page 28
... young gentleman of a competent for- tunc , and a fufficient taste of learning , to fpend five or fix hours every day very agreeably among my books . That I might have nothing to divert me from my ftudies , and to avoid the noifes of ...
... young gentleman of a competent for- tunc , and a fufficient taste of learning , to fpend five or fix hours every day very agreeably among my books . That I might have nothing to divert me from my ftudies , and to avoid the noifes of ...
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... young ftudent is touched with a diftemper which he hardly feems to dream of , and is too far gone in it to receive advice . However , I fhall animad- vert in due time on the abufe which he mentions , having myself obferved a neft of ...
... young ftudent is touched with a diftemper which he hardly feems to dream of , and is too far gone in it to receive advice . However , I fhall animad- vert in due time on the abufe which he mentions , having myself obferved a neft of ...
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... young gentlemen under the fame misfortune with my pre- fent correfpondent . The beft rule I can lay down for them to avoid the like calamities for the future , is thoroughly to confider not only Whether their companions are weak , but ...
... young gentlemen under the fame misfortune with my pre- fent correfpondent . The beft rule I can lay down for them to avoid the like calamities for the future , is thoroughly to confider not only Whether their companions are weak , but ...
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... young lover living fo exact in the care of his perfon . One who afked why he was fo long wafh- ing his mouth , and fo delicate in the choice and wearing of his linen , was anfwered , because there is a woman of merit obliged to receive ...
... young lover living fo exact in the care of his perfon . One who afked why he was fo long wafh- ing his mouth , and fo delicate in the choice and wearing of his linen , was anfwered , because there is a woman of merit obliged to receive ...
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