The Spectator, Volume 4J.M. Dent & Company, 1913 |
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Page 9
... never intend to take , I look upon it to be none of the least That they are incapable of keeping a Secret which is so very pleasing to them . A Girl longs to tell her Confident , that she hopes to be married in a little Time , and , in ...
... never intend to take , I look upon it to be none of the least That they are incapable of keeping a Secret which is so very pleasing to them . A Girl longs to tell her Confident , that she hopes to be married in a little Time , and , in ...
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... never fails to turn the Con versation , whatever was the Occasion of it : Tho ' the Matter in Debate be about Doway or Denain , it is ten to one but half his Discourse runs upon the Unreasonable ness of Bigottry and Priestcraft . This ...
... never fails to turn the Con versation , whatever was the Occasion of it : Tho ' the Matter in Debate be about Doway or Denain , it is ten to one but half his Discourse runs upon the Unreasonable ness of Bigottry and Priestcraft . This ...
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... never thought of contriving a Winter Garden , which should consist of such Trees only as never cast their Leaves . We have very often little Snatches of Sun - shine and fair Weather in the most uncomfortable Parts of the Year , and have ...
... never thought of contriving a Winter Garden , which should consist of such Trees only as never cast their Leaves . We have very often little Snatches of Sun - shine and fair Weather in the most uncomfortable Parts of the Year , and have ...
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... never make Power invidious . You see , Sir , I talk to you with the Freedom your noble Nature approves in all whom you admit to your Conversation . But , to return to your Majesty's Letter , I humbly con ceive , that all Distinctions ...
... never make Power invidious . You see , Sir , I talk to you with the Freedom your noble Nature approves in all whom you admit to your Conversation . But , to return to your Majesty's Letter , I humbly con ceive , that all Distinctions ...
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... never suffered to go abroad for Fear of catching Cold ; when he should have been hunting down a Buck , he was by his Mother's Side learning how to season it , or put it in Crust ; and was making Paper Boats with his Sisters , at an Age ...
... never suffered to go abroad for Fear of catching Cold ; when he should have been hunting down a Buck , he was by his Mother's Side learning how to season it , or put it in Crust ; and was making Paper Boats with his Sisters , at an Age ...
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