The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and biographical, by A. Chalmers, Volume 2 |
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We have also this day received advice , that Sir John Leake , who lies off Dunkirk
, had intercepted several ships laden with corn from the Baltic ; and that the Dutch
privateers had fallen in with others , and carried them into Holland .
We have also this day received advice , that Sir John Leake , who lies off Dunkirk
, had intercepted several ships laden with corn from the Baltic ; and that the Dutch
privateers had fallen in with others , and carried them into Holland .
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That life passed between them after this manner , is the reason the town has just
now received a lady with all that gaiety , after having been a relict but three
months , which other women hardly assume under fifteen , after such a disaster .
That life passed between them after this manner , is the reason the town has just
now received a lady with all that gaiety , after having been a relict but three
months , which other women hardly assume under fifteen , after such a disaster .
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It may not , therefore , be unuseful to relate many circumstances , which were
observable upon a late cure done upon a young gentleman who was born blind ,
and on the twenty - ninth of June last received his sight , at the age of twenty
years ...
It may not , therefore , be unuseful to relate many circumstances , which were
observable upon a late cure done upon a young gentleman who was born blind ,
and on the twenty - ninth of June last received his sight , at the age of twenty
years ...
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For which act of piety his majesty received absolution of his confessor , for the
breach of all inconvenient vows made by himself . I am , sir , your most humble
servant , HUMPHREY KIDNEY . ' From my own Apartment , August 17 . I am to ...
For which act of piety his majesty received absolution of his confessor , for the
breach of all inconvenient vows made by himself . I am , sir , your most humble
servant , HUMPHREY KIDNEY . ' From my own Apartment , August 17 . I am to ...
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me an answer to a letter , he will not tell me he has received the favour of my
letter ; but if he does not think fit to say he has received the honour of it , that he
tells me in plain English he has received my letter of such a date . I must likewise
...
me an answer to a letter , he will not tell me he has received the favour of my
letter ; but if he does not think fit to say he has received the honour of it , that he
tells me in plain English he has received my letter of such a date . I must likewise
...
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| Title | The Tatler; corrected from the originals, with a preface, historical and biographical, by A. Chalmers, Volume 2 Brit. essayists |
| Editor | Alexander Chalmers |
| Published | 1817 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Sep 2006 |
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