“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 27
... mentions , having myself obferved a neft of Je- zebels near the Temple , who make it their diverfion to draw up the eyes of young templars , that at the fame time they may fee them ftumble in an unlucky gutter which runs un-- der the ...
... mentions , having myself obferved a neft of Je- zebels near the Temple , who make it their diverfion to draw up the eyes of young templars , that at the fame time they may fee them ftumble in an unlucky gutter which runs un-- der the ...
Page 29
... mention of any fuch fashion ; and we are fomething fhy of affording .. inatter to the button - makers for a fecond petition . " WHAT I Would humbly propose to the public is , that there might be a fociety erected in London , to confist ...
... mention of any fuch fashion ; and we are fomething fhy of affording .. inatter to the button - makers for a fecond petition . " WHAT I Would humbly propose to the public is , that there might be a fociety erected in London , to confist ...
Page 33
... mention of the renown- ed Socrates and his philofophic refignation to his wife Xantippe . This would be a very good office to the . world in general , for the hen - peckt are powerful in their quality and numbers , not only in cities ...
... mention of the renown- ed Socrates and his philofophic refignation to his wife Xantippe . This would be a very good office to the . world in general , for the hen - peckt are powerful in their quality and numbers , not only in cities ...
Page 34
... mentions a cunning folicitor , who would never ask a favour of a great min before dinner ; but took care to prefer his petition at a time when the party petitioned had his mind free from care and his appetites in good humour . Such a ...
... mentions a cunning folicitor , who would never ask a favour of a great min before dinner ; but took care to prefer his petition at a time when the party petitioned had his mind free from care and his appetites in good humour . Such a ...
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... mentions that verfe in the Proverbs of Solomon , He that giveth to the poor , lendeth to the Lord : " There is more rhetoric ' in that one sentence , fays he , than in a library of fer- mons ; and indeed if thofe fentences were ...
... mentions that verfe in the Proverbs of Solomon , He that giveth to the poor , lendeth to the Lord : " There is more rhetoric ' in that one sentence , fays he , than in a library of fer- mons ; and indeed if thofe fentences were ...
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