The Spectator, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1911 |
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... Name , my Age , and my Lodgings , I must confess I would gratifie my Reader in any thing that is reasonable ; but as for these three Particulars , though I am sensible they might tend very much to the Embellishment of my Paper , I ...
... Name , my Age , and my Lodgings , I must confess I would gratifie my Reader in any thing that is reasonable ; but as for these three Particulars , though I am sensible they might tend very much to the Embellishment of my Paper , I ...
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... Name ( as they told me ) was Publick Credit . The Walls , instead of being adorn'd with Pictures and Maps , were hung with many Acts of Parliament written in Golden Letters . At the Upper end of the Hall was the Magna Charta , with the ...
... Name ( as they told me ) was Publick Credit . The Walls , instead of being adorn'd with Pictures and Maps , were hung with many Acts of Parliament written in Golden Letters . At the Upper end of the Hall was the Magna Charta , with the ...
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... Name I could not learn . He had a Sword in his right Hand , which in the Dance he often brandished at the Act of Settlement ; and a Citizen , who stood by me , whisper'd my Ear , that he saw a Spunge in his left Hand . Dance of so many ...
... Name I could not learn . He had a Sword in his right Hand , which in the Dance he often brandished at the Act of Settlement ; and a Citizen , who stood by me , whisper'd my Ear , that he saw a Spunge in his left Hand . Dance of so many ...
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... Name that has his Heart . I pronounced these Words with such a languishing Air , that I had some Reason to conclude I had made a Conquest . She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue ; and looking upon her Watch , I ...
... Name that has his Heart . I pronounced these Words with such a languishing Air , that I had some Reason to conclude I had made a Conquest . She told me that she hoped my Face was not akin to my Tongue ; and looking upon her Watch , I ...
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... name of Clubs . When a Sett of Men find themselves agree in any Particular , tho ' never so trivial , they establish them selves into a kind of Fraternity , and meet once or twice a Week , upon the account of such a Fantastick Resem ...
... name of Clubs . When a Sett of Men find themselves agree in any Particular , tho ' never so trivial , they establish them selves into a kind of Fraternity , and meet once or twice a Week , upon the account of such a Fantastick Resem ...
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