“The” Spectator, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 90
... conversation have been canvaffed upon this occa- fion , and various conjectures made why he fhould thus fet his heart upon N ° 132. I have examined all the powers in those numbers , broken them into fractions , - extracted the fquare ...
... conversation have been canvaffed upon this occa- fion , and various conjectures made why he fhould thus fet his heart upon N ° 132. I have examined all the powers in those numbers , broken them into fractions , - extracted the fquare ...
Page 112
... conversation , was last night giving me an account of a discourse , in which he had lately been engaged with a young wrangler in the law . I was giving my opinion , fays the Captain , without apprehending any debate that might arife ...
... conversation , was last night giving me an account of a discourse , in which he had lately been engaged with a young wrangler in the law . I was giving my opinion , fays the Captain , without apprehending any debate that might arife ...
Page 230
... conversation . If one were to know , from the man of the firft quality to the meaneft fervant , the dif- ferent intrigues , fentiments , pleasures , and interefts of mankind , would it not be the most pleafing entertain- ment imaginable ...
... conversation . If one were to know , from the man of the firft quality to the meaneft fervant , the dif- ferent intrigues , fentiments , pleasures , and interefts of mankind , would it not be the most pleafing entertain- ment imaginable ...
Page 266
... conversation , or in the affairs of life . A perfon of a rougher deport- ment , and lefs tied up to the ufual ceremonies of beha- viour , will , like Manly in the play , please by the grace which nature gives to every action wherein fhe ...
... conversation , or in the affairs of life . A perfon of a rougher deport- ment , and lefs tied up to the ufual ceremonies of beha- viour , will , like Manly in the play , please by the grace which nature gives to every action wherein fhe ...
Page 299
... conversation with a female orator , told her , that he believed her tongue was very glad when she was afleep , for that it had not a mo- ment's reft all the while fhe was awake . That excellent old ballad of the wanton wife of Bath ...
... conversation with a female orator , told her , that he believed her tongue was very glad when she was afleep , for that it had not a mo- ment's reft all the while fhe was awake . That excellent old ballad of the wanton wife of Bath ...
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