The Spectator, Volume 5George Atherton Aitken G. Routledge, 1898 - English essays |
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Page 128
... took care to prune themselves into such figures as were most pleasing to their female friends and allies . When they had taken any spoils from the enemy , the men would make a present of everything that was rich and showy to the women ...
... took care to prune themselves into such figures as were most pleasing to their female friends and allies . When they had taken any spoils from the enemy , the men would make a present of everything that was rich and showy to the women ...
Page 205
... took their leave of each other at the Dark House 2 , to go to bed before the day was too far spent . Chimney - sweepers passed by us as we made up to the market , and some raillery happened between one of the fruit - wenches and those ...
... took their leave of each other at the Dark House 2 , to go to bed before the day was too far spent . Chimney - sweepers passed by us as we made up to the market , and some raillery happened between one of the fruit - wenches and those ...
Page 382
... took a resolution to marry by the first opportunity , and that all the married men immediately took horse and gal- loped home to their wives . I am apt to think your discourses , in which you have drawn so many agreeable pictures of ...
... took a resolution to marry by the first opportunity , and that all the married men immediately took horse and gal- loped home to their wives . I am apt to think your discourses , in which you have drawn so many agreeable pictures of ...
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