The Spectator, Volume 6William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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... mean time , the son continued his ap- plication to me , and omitted no occasion of demon- strating the most disinterested passion imaginable to ine ; and , in plain direct terms , offered to marry me privately , and keep it so till he ...
... mean time , the son continued his ap- plication to me , and omitted no occasion of demon- strating the most disinterested passion imaginable to ine ; and , in plain direct terms , offered to marry me privately , and keep it so till he ...
Page 8
... means to bring me , through necessity , to resign my pretensions to him for some provision for my life ; but I will die first . Pray bid him remember what he said , and how he was charmed , when he laughed at the heedless dis- covery I ...
... means to bring me , through necessity , to resign my pretensions to him for some provision for my life ; but I will die first . Pray bid him remember what he said , and how he was charmed , when he laughed at the heedless dis- covery I ...
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... mean time , my request to you is , that if there be any way to come at these wild un- accountable rovings of imagination by reason and ar- gument , you would speedily afford us your assistance . This exceeds the grievance of pin - money ...
... mean time , my request to you is , that if there be any way to come at these wild un- accountable rovings of imagination by reason and ar- gument , you would speedily afford us your assistance . This exceeds the grievance of pin - money ...
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... mean is , the patronage of young mo- dest men to such as are able to countenance and intro- duce them into the world . For want of such assistan- ces , a youth of merit languishes in obscurity or po- verty when his circumstances are low ...
... mean is , the patronage of young mo- dest men to such as are able to countenance and intro- duce them into the world . For want of such assistan- ces , a youth of merit languishes in obscurity or po- verty when his circumstances are low ...
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... means have starved his beard . I have read somewhere that one of the Popes re- fused to accept an edition of a saint's work , which were presented to him , because the saint in his effi- gies before the book , was drawn without a beard ...
... means have starved his beard . I have read somewhere that one of the Popes re- fused to accept an edition of a saint's work , which were presented to him , because the saint in his effi- gies before the book , was drawn without a beard ...
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