The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 - 361 pages |
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... king's wenches our wives and daughters had this manner of curling their hair , that way of placing their hoods ; whofe frailty was covered by fuch a fort of petticoat , and whofe vanity , to fhew her foot , made that part of the the ...
... king's wenches our wives and daughters had this manner of curling their hair , that way of placing their hoods ; whofe frailty was covered by fuch a fort of petticoat , and whofe vanity , to fhew her foot , made that part of the the ...
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... king was formerly poffeffed of ; and that the could convert whatever the pleafed into that precious metal . After a little dizzinefs , and confused hurry of thought , which a man often meets with in a dream , methought the hall was ...
... king was formerly poffeffed of ; and that the could convert whatever the pleafed into that precious metal . After a little dizzinefs , and confused hurry of thought , which a man often meets with in a dream , methought the hall was ...
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... King Charles's time have laughed to have feen Nicolini expofed to a tempeft in robes of ermine , and failing in an open boat upon a fea of pafteboard ? What a field of rallery would they have been let into , had they been entertained ...
... King Charles's time have laughed to have feen Nicolini expofed to a tempeft in robes of ermine , and failing in an open boat upon a fea of pafteboard ? What a field of rallery would they have been let into , had they been entertained ...
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... King's throne ; befides the inconvenien- cies which the heads of the audience may fometimes fuffer from them . I am credibly informed , that there was once defign of cafting into an opera the ftory of Whittington and his cat , and that ...
... King's throne ; befides the inconvenien- cies which the heads of the audience may fometimes fuffer from them . I am credibly informed , that there was once defign of cafting into an opera the ftory of Whittington and his cat , and that ...
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... Kings . This grand alliance was formed a little after the return of King Charles the Second , and admitted into it men of all quali- ties and profeffions , provided they agreed in the fir- name of King , which , as they imagined ...
... Kings . This grand alliance was formed a little after the return of King Charles the Second , and admitted into it men of all quali- ties and profeffions , provided they agreed in the fir- name of King , which , as they imagined ...
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