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3 , 1712 . the from the Center of Business and Pleasure , my Uneasiness in the
Country where I am , arises rather from the Society than the Solitude of it . To be
obliged to rer ceive and return Visits from and to a Circle of Neighbours , who ...
3 , 1712 . the from the Center of Business and Pleasure , my Uneasiness in the
Country where I am , arises rather from the Society than the Solitude of it . To be
obliged to rer ceive and return Visits from and to a Circle of Neighbours , who ...
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474 . any of the Guests are known to measure their Fame Wednes- or Pleasure
by their Glass , proper Exhortations might day , be used to these to push their
Fortunes in this Sort Sept. 3 , 1712 . of Reputation , but where ' tis unseasonably ...
474 . any of the Guests are known to measure their Fame Wednes- or Pleasure
by their Glass , proper Exhortations might day , be used to these to push their
Fortunes in this Sort Sept. 3 , 1712 . of Reputation , but where ' tis unseasonably ...
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He com prehends every Thing easily , takes it in with Pleasure , and retains it
long , Method is not less requisite in ordinary Conversation than in Writing ,
provided a Man would talk to make himself understood . I , who hear a thousand
Coffee ...
He com prehends every Thing easily , takes it in with Pleasure , and retains it
long , Method is not less requisite in ordinary Conversation than in Writing ,
provided a Man would talk to make himself understood . I , who hear a thousand
Coffee ...
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Sir , AVING lately read your Essay on the Pleasures of so upon some of our
English Gardens , that I cannot forbear troubling you with a Letter upon that
Subject . I am one , you must know , who am looked upon as an Humorist in
Gardening I ...
Sir , AVING lately read your Essay on the Pleasures of so upon some of our
English Gardens , that I cannot forbear troubling you with a Letter upon that
Subject . I am one , you must know , who am looked upon as an Humorist in
Gardening I ...
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I must not omit , that there is a Fountain rising in the upper Part of my Garden ,
which forms a little wandring Rill , and administers to the Pleasure as well as the
Plenty of the Place . I have so conducted it , that it visits most of my Plantations ...
I must not omit , that there is a Fountain rising in the upper Part of my Garden ,
which forms a little wandring Rill , and administers to the Pleasure as well as the
Plenty of the Place . I have so conducted it , that it visits most of my Plantations ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 4 Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Rhys. Essays [no. 164-167] The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Contributor | George Gregory Smith |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1913 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 16 Sep 2014 |
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