The Spectator, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1911 |
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Page 9
... Play is his Hour of Business ; exactly at five he passes thro ' New Inn , crosses thro ' Russel - Court , and takes a turn at Will's ' till the play begins ; he has his Shooes rubbed and his Perriwig powder'd at the Barber's as you go ...
... Play is his Hour of Business ; exactly at five he passes thro ' New Inn , crosses thro ' Russel - Court , and takes a turn at Will's ' till the play begins ; he has his Shooes rubbed and his Perriwig powder'd at the Barber's as you go ...
Page 18
... Play to a Gentleman who sat on his right Hand , while I was at his Left . The Gentleman believed WILL was talking to himself , when upon my looking with great Approbation at a young thing in a Box before us , he said , ' I am quite of ...
... Play to a Gentleman who sat on his right Hand , while I was at his Left . The Gentleman believed WILL was talking to himself , when upon my looking with great Approbation at a young thing in a Box before us , he said , ' I am quite of ...
Page 21
... play at a Minute's warning , in case any such Accident should happen . However , as I have a very great Friendship for the Owner of this Theater , I hope that he has been wise enough to insure his House before he would let this Opera be ...
... play at a Minute's warning , in case any such Accident should happen . However , as I have a very great Friendship for the Owner of this Theater , I hope that he has been wise enough to insure his House before he would let this Opera be ...
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... Play - House , very prudently considered that it would be impossible for the Cat to kill them all , and that consequently the Princes of his Stage might be as much infested with Mice , as the Prince of the Island was before the Cat's ...
... Play - House , very prudently considered that it would be impossible for the Cat to kill them all , and that consequently the Princes of his Stage might be as much infested with Mice , as the Prince of the Island was before the Cat's ...
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... is in danger of being the most vicious , ' It happen'd at Athens , during a publick Representa- tion of some Play exhibited in honour of the Common- wealth 0 & wealth , that an old Gentleman came too late for 26 THE SPECTATOR.
... is in danger of being the most vicious , ' It happen'd at Athens , during a publick Representa- tion of some Play exhibited in honour of the Common- wealth 0 & wealth , that an old Gentleman came too late for 26 THE SPECTATOR.
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