“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 12
... keep up a farce of retinue and grandeur within his own house , shall fhrink at the expectation of furly demands at his doors . The debtor is the creditor's criminal , and all the officers of power and state , whom we behold inake fo ...
... keep up a farce of retinue and grandeur within his own house , shall fhrink at the expectation of furly demands at his doors . The debtor is the creditor's criminal , and all the officers of power and state , whom we behold inake fo ...
Page 13
... keep a public table , or feed dogs , like a worthy English gentleman , till he has out - run half his eftate , and leave the fame incumbrance upon his first - born , and so on , till one man of more vigour than ordinary goes quite ...
... keep a public table , or feed dogs , like a worthy English gentleman , till he has out - run half his eftate , and leave the fame incumbrance upon his first - born , and so on , till one man of more vigour than ordinary goes quite ...
Page 29
... keeps the ftudents at her house when they should be at ftudy . It would be worth your while to fee how the idolaters alternately offer incenfe to their idols , and what heart - burnings a- rife in those who wait for their turn to ...
... keeps the ftudents at her house when they should be at ftudy . It would be worth your while to fee how the idolaters alternately offer incenfe to their idols , and what heart - burnings a- rife in those who wait for their turn to ...
Page 32
... keep equipages . It is a com- mon humour among the retinue of people of quality , when they are in their revels , that is , when they are out of their mafters fight , to affume in a humorous way the names and titles of thofe whofe ...
... keep equipages . It is a com- mon humour among the retinue of people of quality , when they are in their revels , that is , when they are out of their mafters fight , to affume in a humorous way the names and titles of thofe whofe ...
Page 42
... keep no meafures with them as foon as I was at liberty ; but " upon afking my old woman what was become of the two ladies , fhe told me the believed they were by that time within fight of Paris , for that they went away in a ' coach and ...
... keep no meafures with them as foon as I was at liberty ; but " upon afking my old woman what was become of the two ladies , fhe told me the believed they were by that time within fight of Paris , for that they went away in a ' coach and ...
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