The Spectator, Volume 3George Gregory Smith J.M. Dent & Company, 1897 |
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... pleased or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The Commendation of any thing in another , stirs up his Jealousie , as it shews you have a Value for others , besides himself ; but the Commendation of that which he ...
... pleased or confounded as he finds more or less of himself in it . The Commendation of any thing in another , stirs up his Jealousie , as it shews you have a Value for others , besides himself ; but the Commendation of that which he ...
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... pleased with a Jest , or transported with any thing that is gay and diverting . If his Beauty be none of the best , you must be a profest Admirer of Prudence , or any other Quality he is Master of , or at least vain enough to think he ...
... pleased with a Jest , or transported with any thing that is gay and diverting . If his Beauty be none of the best , you must be a profest Admirer of Prudence , or any other Quality he is Master of , or at least vain enough to think he ...
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... pleased to say , That little that is truly noble can be expected from one who is ever poring on his Cash - book or ballancing his Accompts . When I have my Returns from Abroad , I can tell to a Shilling by the Help of Numbers the Profit ...
... pleased to say , That little that is truly noble can be expected from one who is ever poring on his Cash - book or ballancing his Accompts . When I have my Returns from Abroad , I can tell to a Shilling by the Help of Numbers the Profit ...
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... pleased to think that I had at last got the better of her ; but was surprized the next Morning to hear her talking out of her Window quite cross the Street , with another Woman that lodges over me ; I am since informed , that she made ...
... pleased to think that I had at last got the better of her ; but was surprized the next Morning to hear her talking out of her Window quite cross the Street , with another Woman that lodges over me ; I am since informed , that she made ...
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... pleased in a late Speculation to take Notice of the Inconvenience we lie under in the Country , in not being able to keep Pace with the Fashion ; but there is another Misfortune which we are subject to , and is no less grievous than the ...
... pleased in a late Speculation to take Notice of the Inconvenience we lie under in the Country , in not being able to keep Pace with the Fashion ; but there is another Misfortune which we are subject to , and is no less grievous than the ...
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