The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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... , have been ' the Occafion of my looking into fome ' of those Authors ; among whom I ' chanced on a Collection of Letters VOL . VII . B ' which which pass under the Name of Arifte- netus . Of No 238. The SPECTATOR . 25.
... , have been ' the Occafion of my looking into fome ' of those Authors ; among whom I ' chanced on a Collection of Letters VOL . VII . B ' which which pass under the Name of Arifte- netus . Of No 238. The SPECTATOR . 25.
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... Letter contains a little No- ' vel or Adventure , which is told with all the Beauties of Language , and heightened with a luxuriance of Wit . ' There are feveral of them tranflated , but with fuch wide Deviations from the Original , and ...
... Letter contains a little No- ' vel or Adventure , which is told with all the Beauties of Language , and heightened with a luxuriance of Wit . ' There are feveral of them tranflated , but with fuch wide Deviations from the Original , and ...
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... Letters , moft of the Univerfities in Eu- rope were divided into Greeks and Tro- jans . The latter were those who bore a mortal Hatred to the Language of . the Grecians ; infomuch that if they met with any who understood it , they did ...
... Letters , moft of the Univerfities in Eu- rope were divided into Greeks and Tro- jans . The latter were those who bore a mortal Hatred to the Language of . the Grecians ; infomuch that if they met with any who understood it , they did ...
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... Letter from him . Let me intreat you , Sir , to give me your Ad- ' vice upon this Occafion , and to let me " know how I may relieve my felf in " this my Widowhood I am , SIR , Your moft bumble Servant , ASTERIA . ABSENCE is what the ...
... Letter from him . Let me intreat you , Sir , to give me your Ad- ' vice upon this Occafion , and to let me " know how I may relieve my felf in " this my Widowhood I am , SIR , Your moft bumble Servant , ASTERIA . ABSENCE is what the ...
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... Letters , in the fame manner as the Hours of the Day are marked upon the ordinary Dial - Plate . They then fixed one of the Needles on ... Letter that formed , 6 formed the Words which he had Oc- cafion for , 46 The SPECTATOR . N ° 241 .
... Letters , in the fame manner as the Hours of the Day are marked upon the ordinary Dial - Plate . They then fixed one of the Needles on ... Letter that formed , 6 formed the Words which he had Oc- cafion for , 46 The SPECTATOR . N ° 241 .
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