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Mr. SPECTATOR , I am a young Gentleman of a competent Fortune , and a
sufficient Taste of Learning , to spend five or six Hours every Day very agreeably
among my Books . That I might have nothing to divert me from my Studies , and to
...
Mr. SPECTATOR , I am a young Gentleman of a competent Fortune , and a
sufficient Taste of Learning , to spend five or six Hours every Day very agreeably
among my Books . That I might have nothing to divert me from my Studies , and to
...
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... SPECTATOR , I have lately read the Conclusion of your fortyseventh
Speculation upon Butts with great Pleasure , and have ever since been throughly
perswaded that one of those Gentlemen is extreamly necessary to enliven
Conversation .
... SPECTATOR , I have lately read the Conclusion of your fortyseventh
Speculation upon Butts with great Pleasure , and have ever since been throughly
perswaded that one of those Gentlemen is extreamly necessary to enliven
Conversation .
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Mr. SPECTATOR Exeter , Sept. 7 . You were pleased in a late Speculation to take
Notice of the Inconvenience we lie under in the Country , in not being able to
keep Pace with the Fashion ; but there is another Misfortune which we are
subject ...
Mr. SPECTATOR Exeter , Sept. 7 . You were pleased in a late Speculation to take
Notice of the Inconvenience we lie under in the Country , in not being able to
keep Pace with the Fashion ; but there is another Misfortune which we are
subject ...
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24 • Mr . SPECTATOR , 1711 I do not deny but you appear in many of your
Papers to understand humane Life pretty well ; but there are very many things
which you cannot possibly have a true Notion of , in a single Life ; these are such
as ...
24 • Mr . SPECTATOR , 1711 I do not deny but you appear in many of your
Papers to understand humane Life pretty well ; but there are very many things
which you cannot possibly have a true Notion of , in a single Life ; these are such
as ...
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Comis io uxorem I CANNOT defer taking Notice of this Letter , Mr. SPECTATOR , I
am but too good a Judge of your Paper of the 15th Instant , which is a Master
Piece ; I mean that of Jealousie : But I think it unworthy of you to speak of that ...
Comis io uxorem I CANNOT defer taking Notice of this Letter , Mr. SPECTATOR , I
am but too good a Judge of your Paper of the 15th Instant , which is a Master
Piece ; I mean that of Jealousie : But I think it unworthy of you to speak of that ...
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