The Spectator, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1791 |
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... thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish cheat . I have seen a very ingenious author on this subject , who founds his speculations on the supposition , that as a man hath in the mould of his face a remote likeness to that of an ox , a sheep ...
... thou be honest , thou'rt a dev'lish cheat . I have seen a very ingenious author on this subject , who founds his speculations on the supposition , that as a man hath in the mould of his face a remote likeness to that of an ox , a sheep ...
Page 34
... thou hast more to - morrows yet to ask , And wilt be ever to begin thy talk ; Who , like the hindmolt chariot - wheels , art curst , Still to be near , but ne'er to reach the first . DRYDEN . S my correspondents upon the fubject of love ...
... thou hast more to - morrows yet to ask , And wilt be ever to begin thy talk ; Who , like the hindmolt chariot - wheels , art curst , Still to be near , but ne'er to reach the first . DRYDEN . S my correspondents upon the fubject of love ...
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... thou hast fulfill'd • Thy words , Creator bounteous and benign ! • Giver of all things fair ! but faireft this • Of all thy gifts , nor enviest . I now fee • Bone of my bone , flesh of my felh , myself . • She heard me thus , and though ...
... thou hast fulfill'd • Thy words , Creator bounteous and benign ! • Giver of all things fair ! but faireft this • Of all thy gifts , nor enviest . I now fee • Bone of my bone , flesh of my felh , myself . • She heard me thus , and though ...
Page 110
... thou hast “ made good the old faying , That women are not to be “ trusted . Was not I the husband of thy virginity ? Have “ I not children by thee ? How couldst thou forget our “ lóves so far as to enter into a second marriage , and ...
... thou hast “ made good the old faying , That women are not to be “ trusted . Was not I the husband of thy virginity ? Have “ I not children by thee ? How couldst thou forget our “ lóves so far as to enter into a second marriage , and ...
Page 138
... thou wilt also vanish - Yet let me talk • thee whilst thou doit ftay . Tell my deareft Betty thou • dost not more depend upon her , than does her William : • her abfence will make away with me as well as thee .. • If she offers to ...
... thou wilt also vanish - Yet let me talk • thee whilst thou doit ftay . Tell my deareft Betty thou • dost not more depend upon her , than does her William : • her abfence will make away with me as well as thee .. • If she offers to ...
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