The Spectator, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson, 1767 - English essays |
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... kind of battle array one against another . After a fhort furvey of them , I found they were patched differently ; the faces on one hand being spotted on the right fide of the fore- head , and thofe upon the other on the left . I quickly ...
... kind of battle array one against another . After a fhort furvey of them , I found they were patched differently ; the faces on one hand being spotted on the right fide of the fore- head , and thofe upon the other on the left . I quickly ...
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... kind of difgrace , while the other is fo much fet off and adorned by the owner ; and that the patches turn to the right or to the left , according to the principles of the man who is moft in favour . But whatever may be the motives of a ...
... kind of difgrace , while the other is fo much fet off and adorned by the owner ; and that the patches turn to the right or to the left , according to the principles of the man who is moft in favour . But whatever may be the motives of a ...
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... kind of method of being fo from generation to generation . The father mortgages when his fon is very young ; and the boy is to marry as foon as he is at age to redeem it , and find portions for his fifters . This forfooth , is no great ...
... kind of method of being fo from generation to generation . The father mortgages when his fon is very young ; and the boy is to marry as foon as he is at age to redeem it , and find portions for his fifters . This forfooth , is no great ...
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... kind of fringe for his candlesticks . I remember in particular , after having read over a poem of an eminent author on a victory , I met with feveral fragments of it upon the next rejoicing day , which had been employed in fquibs and ...
... kind of fringe for his candlesticks . I remember in particular , after having read over a poem of an eminent author on a victory , I met with feveral fragments of it upon the next rejoicing day , which had been employed in fquibs and ...
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... kind of fiction which one of the greatest of the Latin poets has made ufe of upon a parallel occafion ; I mean that paffion in Horace , where he describes himself when he was a child , fallen afleep in a defert wood , and covered with ...
... kind of fiction which one of the greatest of the Latin poets has made ufe of upon a parallel occafion ; I mean that paffion in Horace , where he describes himself when he was a child , fallen afleep in a defert wood , and covered with ...
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