“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... these instances are fo particular and circumftantiated , that they cannot come within general confiderations : for one fuch case as one of thefe , there are ten , where a man , to keep up a farce of retinue and grandeur within his own ...
... these instances are fo particular and circumftantiated , that they cannot come within general confiderations : for one fuch case as one of thefe , there are ten , where a man , to keep up a farce of retinue and grandeur within his own ...
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... these uncomfortable scenes into the vifionary worlds of art ; where I meet with fhin- ing landskips , gilded triumphs , beautiful faces , and all thofe other objects that fill the mind with gay ideas , and difperfe that gloominefs which ...
... these uncomfortable scenes into the vifionary worlds of art ; where I meet with fhin- ing landskips , gilded triumphs , beautiful faces , and all thofe other objects that fill the mind with gay ideas , and difperfe that gloominefs which ...
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... these were let in here by the order of Eucrate , and had audiences of Pharamond . This entrance Pharamond called The Gate of the Unhappy , and the tears of the af- flicted who came before him , he would fay , were bribes received by ...
... these were let in here by the order of Eucrate , and had audiences of Pharamond . This entrance Pharamond called The Gate of the Unhappy , and the tears of the af- flicted who came before him , he would fay , were bribes received by ...
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... - fal of it , I conceived so good an idea of the author's piety , that I bought the whole book . I have often profited by thefe these accidental readings , and have sometimes found very curious N ° 85 . 21 THE SPECTATOR .
... - fal of it , I conceived so good an idea of the author's piety , that I bought the whole book . I have often profited by thefe these accidental readings , and have sometimes found very curious N ° 85 . 21 THE SPECTATOR .
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these accidental readings , and have sometimes found very curious pieces , that are either out of print , or not to be met with in the shops of our London bookfellers . For this reafon , when my friends take a furvey of my library ...
these accidental readings , and have sometimes found very curious pieces , that are either out of print , or not to be met with in the shops of our London bookfellers . For this reafon , when my friends take a furvey of my library ...
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