“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 74
... friend . A MAN advanced in years , that thinks fit to look back upon his former life , and calls that only life ... Sir ROGER'S company com- plains he is out of order , he immediately calls for fome poffet - drink for him ; for which ...
... friend . A MAN advanced in years , that thinks fit to look back upon his former life , and calls that only life ... Sir ROGER'S company com- plains he is out of order , he immediately calls for fome poffet - drink for him ; for which ...
Page 79
... His chief friend was one SIR ROGER DE COVERLY , a whimsical country knight , and a templar , whofe name he has not tranfmitted to us . He lived as a lodger at the house of a widow - woman , and was a great humourist in all parts of his ...
... His chief friend was one SIR ROGER DE COVERLY , a whimsical country knight , and a templar , whofe name he has not tranfmitted to us . He lived as a lodger at the house of a widow - woman , and was a great humourist in all parts of his ...
Page 93
... friend AVING often received an invitation from friend Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY to pass away a month with him in the country . I laft week accompanied him thither , and am fettled with him for fome time at his country - house , where I ...
... friend AVING often received an invitation from friend Sir ROGER DE COVERLEY to pass away a month with him in the country . I laft week accompanied him thither , and am fettled with him for fome time at his country - house , where I ...
Page 94
N ° 106 . would take his valet de chambre for his brother , his butler is grey ... friend's arrival at his country - feat . Some of them could not refrain from ... Sir Roger is diverting him felf in the woods or the fields , is a very ...
N ° 106 . would take his valet de chambre for his brother , his butler is grey ... friend's arrival at his country - feat . Some of them could not refrain from ... Sir Roger is diverting him felf in the woods or the fields , is a very ...
Page 95
... friend , fays Sir Roger , found me out this gentleman , who , befides the endowments required of him , is , they tell me , a good scholar , though he does not fhew it : I have given him the par fonage of the parish ; and because I know his ...
... friend , fays Sir Roger , found me out this gentleman , who , befides the endowments required of him , is , they tell me , a good scholar , though he does not fhew it : I have given him the par fonage of the parish ; and because I know his ...
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