The Spectator, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1791 |
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... according to the principles of the man who is most in favour . But whatever may be the motives of a few fantastical coquettes , who do not patch for the public good fo much as for their own private advantage , it is certain , that there ...
... according to the principles of the man who is most in favour . But whatever may be the motives of a few fantastical coquettes , who do not patch for the public good fo much as for their own private advantage , it is certain , that there ...
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... according as their ideas , which we suppofe are equally distinct in each of them , follow one . another in a greater or less degree of rapidity . There is a famous pafiage in the Alcoran ,, which looks as if Mahomet had been possessed ...
... according as their ideas , which we suppofe are equally distinct in each of them , follow one . another in a greater or less degree of rapidity . There is a famous pafiage in the Alcoran ,, which looks as if Mahomet had been possessed ...
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... according to the custom of the Mahometans , before he said his prayers . After his first plunge into the fea , he no sooner raised his head above the water , but he found himself standing by the side of the tub , with the great inen of ...
... according to the custom of the Mahometans , before he said his prayers . After his first plunge into the fea , he no sooner raised his head above the water , but he found himself standing by the side of the tub , with the great inen of ...
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... according as it is • managed . It has been thought we are not generally so ignorant as ill - taught , or that our sex does so often want * wit , judgment , or knowledge , as the right application • of them : you are so well bred , as to ...
... according as it is • managed . It has been thought we are not generally so ignorant as ill - taught , or that our sex does so often want * wit , judgment , or knowledge , as the right application • of them : you are so well bred , as to ...
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... according to the example of 6 our superiors . In the family I am now in , I am guilty of no one fin but lying ; which I do with a grave face . in my gown and ftaff every day I live , and almost all day long in denying my lord to ...
... according to the example of 6 our superiors . In the family I am now in , I am guilty of no one fin but lying ; which I do with a grave face . in my gown and ftaff every day I live , and almost all day long in denying my lord to ...
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