The Spectator, Volume 1Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... woman with his knowledge of the world , and acute discernment of character ? " If , " says an author to whom I have often referred , " she was a woman of such a despicable understanding ; that Mr. TYERS , in his unpublished Essay on ...
... woman with his knowledge of the world , and acute discernment of character ? " If , " says an author to whom I have often referred , " she was a woman of such a despicable understanding ; that Mr. TYERS , in his unpublished Essay on ...
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Alexander Chalmers. such a woman should have engaged , for years , the attention of so consummate a judge of human nature as ADDISON , is not to be imagined . Con- sidering his character and accomplishments , and that at the time of his ...
Alexander Chalmers. such a woman should have engaged , for years , the attention of so consummate a judge of human nature as ADDISON , is not to be imagined . Con- sidering his character and accomplishments , and that at the time of his ...
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... woman , he indulged in the licentiousness of bro- thels , in one of which he was found dead , Feb. 19 , 1717-18 * . The affectionate letter on the death of a wife , in No 520 , is attributed to a Mr. FRANCHAM , of Norwich , of whom ...
... woman , he indulged in the licentiousness of bro- thels , in one of which he was found dead , Feb. 19 , 1717-18 * . The affectionate letter on the death of a wife , in No 520 , is attributed to a Mr. FRANCHAM , of Norwich , of whom ...
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... of 22 , and by her portrait ( now at Flaxley Abbey , and drawn at a more advanced period of her life ) , appears to have been a woman of a handsome dignified fi- gure , as she is described to have been in 63 HISTORICAL AND.
... of 22 , and by her portrait ( now at Flaxley Abbey , and drawn at a more advanced period of her life ) , appears to have been a woman of a handsome dignified fi- gure , as she is described to have been in 63 HISTORICAL AND.
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... woman , who doth not in- deed pretend to an ancient family , but has certainly as many forefathers as any lady in the land , if she could but reckon up their names . I must own I conceived very extraordinary hopes of you from the moment ...
... woman , who doth not in- deed pretend to an ancient family , but has certainly as many forefathers as any lady in the land , if she could but reckon up their names . I must own I conceived very extraordinary hopes of you from the moment ...
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