The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 - 361 pages |
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... audiences . Sometimes I fmoke a pipe at Child's , and , whilft I feem attentive to no- thing but the Poftman , overhear the converfation of every table in the room . I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's coffee - houfe , and ...
... audiences . Sometimes I fmoke a pipe at Child's , and , whilft I feem attentive to no- thing but the Poftman , overhear the converfation of every table in the room . I appear on Sunday nights at St. James's coffee - houfe , and ...
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... audience when he is at a play , for the actors have an ambi- tion to please him . The perfon of next confideration is Sir AN- DREW FREEPORT , a merchant of great eminence in the city of London . A perfon of indefatigable induftry ...
... audience when he is at a play , for the actors have an ambi- tion to please him . The perfon of next confideration is Sir AN- DREW FREEPORT , a merchant of great eminence in the city of London . A perfon of indefatigable induftry ...
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... audience . There are fo many gratifications attend this public fort of obfcurity , that fome little diftaftes I daily receive have loft their anguish ; and I did the other day , without the least displeasure , overhear one fay of me ...
... audience . There are fo many gratifications attend this public fort of obfcurity , that fome little diftaftes I daily receive have loft their anguish ; and I did the other day , without the least displeasure , overhear one fay of me ...
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... audience . Common fenfe however requires , that there should be nothing in the scenes and machines which may appear , childish and ab- furd . How would the wits of King Charles's time have laughed to have feen Nicolini expofed to a ...
... audience . Common fenfe however requires , that there should be nothing in the scenes and machines which may appear , childish and ab- furd . How would the wits of King Charles's time have laughed to have feen Nicolini expofed to a ...
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... audience , that Sir Martin Mar- all practifed upon his mistress ; for though they flew in fight , the mufic proceeded from a confort of flagelets and bird - calls which were planted behind the scenes . At the fame time I made this difco ...
... audience , that Sir Martin Mar- all practifed upon his mistress ; for though they flew in fight , the mufic proceeded from a confort of flagelets and bird - calls which were planted behind the scenes . At the fame time I made this difco ...
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