The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 - 361 pages |
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... reason , therefore , I fhall publifh a fheet - full of thoughts every morning , for the bene- fit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diverfion or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it ...
... reason , therefore , I fhall publifh a fheet - full of thoughts every morning , for the bene- fit of my contemporaries ; and if I can any way contribute to the diverfion or improvement of the country in which I live , I shall leave it ...
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... Reason fhould govern paffion , but instead of that , you fee , it is often fubfervient to it ; and ,. as unaccountable as one would think it , a wife man is not always a good man . This degeneracy is not only the guilt of particular ...
... Reason fhould govern paffion , but instead of that , you fee , it is often fubfervient to it ; and ,. as unaccountable as one would think it , a wife man is not always a good man . This degeneracy is not only the guilt of particular ...
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... reason for it . It is not difficult for a man to see that a perfon has conceived an averfion to him . For my own part , I quickly found , by the Lady's looks , that the re- garded me as a very odd kind of fellow , with an unfortunate ...
... reason for it . It is not difficult for a man to see that a perfon has conceived an averfion to him . For my own part , I quickly found , by the Lady's looks , that the re- garded me as a very odd kind of fellow , with an unfortunate ...
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... reason to think himself affronted by you . C C · · · 6 · 1 If we are rightly informed , the rules that are • obferved by this new fociety are wonderfully con- trived for the advancement of cuckoldom . The women either come by themselves ...
... reason to think himself affronted by you . C C · · · 6 · 1 If we are rightly informed , the rules that are • obferved by this new fociety are wonderfully con- trived for the advancement of cuckoldom . The women either come by themselves ...
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... reason to conclude I had ' made a conqueft . 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 ...
... reason to conclude I had ' made a conqueft . 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 ...
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