The Tatler, Volume 1George Atherton Aitken Duckworth, 1898 - English essays |
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Page 13
... King's " Anecdotes " there is a story of two gentlemen friends who disputed at the Grecian Coffee - house about the accent of a Greek word to such a length that they went out into Deve- reux Court and drew swords , when one of them was ...
... King's " Anecdotes " there is a story of two gentlemen friends who disputed at the Grecian Coffee - house about the accent of a Greek word to such a length that they went out into Deve- reux Court and drew swords , when one of them was ...
Page 27
... King of Prussia and King Augustus to enter into a new alliance ; but that the ministers of Prussia are not inclined to his sentiments . We hear from Vienna , that his Imperial Majesty has expressed great satisfaction in their high ...
... King of Prussia and King Augustus to enter into a new alliance ; but that the ministers of Prussia are not inclined to his sentiments . We hear from Vienna , that his Imperial Majesty has expressed great satisfaction in their high ...
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... king has been past his 63rd year , or grand climacteric , there has not one man died of the French nation who was younger than his Majesty , except a very few , who were taken suddenly near the village of Hochsted ' in Germany ; and ...
... king has been past his 63rd year , or grand climacteric , there has not one man died of the French nation who was younger than his Majesty , except a very few , who were taken suddenly near the village of Hochsted ' in Germany ; and ...
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... King's Works ( 1776 ) is " An Essay on the Invention of Samplers , by Mrs. Arabella Manly , schoolmistress at Hackney . " May Fair was abolished in 1709 , after it had on several occasions been presented as a nuisance by the Grand Jury ...
... King's Works ( 1776 ) is " An Essay on the Invention of Samplers , by Mrs. Arabella Manly , schoolmistress at Hackney . " May Fair was abolished in 1709 , after it had on several occasions been presented as a nuisance by the Grand Jury ...
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... King's Head Stairs last Saturday . Venus and Cupid went on foot from thence to Greenwich ; Mars got drunk in the town , and broke his landlord's head ; for which he sat in the stocks the whole evening ; but Mr. Pinkethman giving ...
... King's Head Stairs last Saturday . Venus and Cupid went on foot from thence to Greenwich ; Mars got drunk in the town , and broke his landlord's head ; for which he sat in the stocks the whole evening ; but Mr. Pinkethman giving ...
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