The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 - 361 pages |
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Page 13
... she often refreshed her eye with them , and often smiled with a fecret pleasure , as fhe looked upon them ; but , at the fame time , fhewed a very particular uneafi- nefs , if the faw any thing approaching that might hurt them . She ...
... she often refreshed her eye with them , and often smiled with a fecret pleasure , as fhe looked upon them ; but , at the fame time , fhewed a very particular uneafi- nefs , if the faw any thing approaching that might hurt them . She ...
Page 15
... She fainted and died away at the fight . Et neque jam color eft mifto candore rubori ; Nec vigor , & vires , & quæ modo visa placebant ; Nec corpus remanet-- OVID . Met . 1. iii . ver . 491 , Her fpirits faint , Her blooming cheeks ...
... She fainted and died away at the fight . Et neque jam color eft mifto candore rubori ; Nec vigor , & vires , & quæ modo visa placebant ; Nec corpus remanet-- OVID . Met . 1. iii . ver . 491 , Her fpirits faint , Her blooming cheeks ...
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... she has stolen the colour of her ribbands from another , or had advice about her trimmings , I fhall not allow her the praise of drefs . any more than I would call a plagiary an author . ' When I threw my eye towards the next woman to ...
... she has stolen the colour of her ribbands from another , or had advice about her trimmings , I fhall not allow her the praise of drefs . any more than I would call a plagiary an author . ' When I threw my eye towards the next woman to ...
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... She is always feeing apparitions , and hearing death - watches ; and was the other day almost frighted out of her wits by the great house - dog , that howled in the ftable at a time when fhe lay ill of the toothach . Such an ex ...
... She is always feeing apparitions , and hearing death - watches ; and was the other day almost frighted out of her wits by the great house - dog , that howled in the ftable at a time when fhe lay ill of the toothach . Such an ex ...
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... She told me that the hoped my face was not a - kin to my tongue , and looking upon her watch , I accidentally difcovered the fi- 6 gure of a coronet on the back part of it . I was fo tranfported with the thought of fuch an a- mour ...
... She told me that the hoped my face was not a - kin to my tongue , and looking upon her watch , I accidentally difcovered the fi- 6 gure of a coronet on the back part of it . I was fo tranfported with the thought of fuch an a- mour ...
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