The Spectator, Volume 7J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... look upon a reasonable creature full fpeed after a pack of dogs , by way of pleasure , and not of bufinefs , I fhall al-- ways make honourable mention of it . 6 · 6 . · But the moft irksome conversation of all others I ⚫ have met with ...
... look upon a reasonable creature full fpeed after a pack of dogs , by way of pleasure , and not of bufinefs , I fhall al-- ways make honourable mention of it . 6 · 6 . · But the moft irksome conversation of all others I ⚫ have met with ...
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... look upon these persons in ⚫ the fame degree enemies to my particular state of hap- piness , as ever the French were to that of the public , ⚫ and I would be at an annual expence in fpies to ob- • ferve their motions . Whenever I ...
... look upon these persons in ⚫ the fame degree enemies to my particular state of hap- piness , as ever the French were to that of the public , ⚫ and I would be at an annual expence in fpies to ob- • ferve their motions . Whenever I ...
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... Congé d'elire to her friends . If we look into the fecret fprings and motives that fet people at work on thefe occafions , and put them upon asking afking advice which they never intend to take ; I N ° 475 15 THE SPECTATOR . No 475 ...
... Congé d'elire to her friends . If we look into the fecret fprings and motives that fet people at work on thefe occafions , and put them upon asking afking advice which they never intend to take ; I N ° 475 15 THE SPECTATOR . No 475 ...
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... look , whether I would advise him to marry my Lady Betty Single , who , by the way , is one of the greatest fortunes about town . I ftared him full in the face upon fo ftrange a queftion ; upon which he immediately gave me an in ...
... look , whether I would advise him to marry my Lady Betty Single , who , by the way , is one of the greatest fortunes about town . I ftared him full in the face upon fo ftrange a queftion ; upon which he immediately gave me an in ...
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... looks upon me now and then as if he had tears in them . And yet my friends are fo un- ' reasonable , that they would have me be uncivil to him . I have a good portion which they cannot hin- • der me of , and I fhall be fourteen on the ...
... looks upon me now and then as if he had tears in them . And yet my friends are fo un- ' reasonable , that they would have me be uncivil to him . I have a good portion which they cannot hin- • der me of , and I fhall be fourteen on the ...
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