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Page 44
For my own Part , if I were to draw his Picture , I should be for taking him no lower
than to the Peace of Reswick , just at the End of his Triumphs , and before his
Reverse of Fortune ; and even then I should not forbear thinking his Ambition had
...
For my own Part , if I were to draw his Picture , I should be for taking him no lower
than to the Peace of Reswick , just at the End of his Triumphs , and before his
Reverse of Fortune ; and even then I should not forbear thinking his Ambition had
...
Page 72
In a very little time , ( having a plentiful Fortune ) Fathers and Mothers began to
regard me as a good Match , and I found easie Admittance into the best Families
in Town to observe their Daughters ; but I , who was born to follow the Fair to no ...
In a very little time , ( having a plentiful Fortune ) Fathers and Mothers began to
regard me as a good Match , and I found easie Admittance into the best Families
in Town to observe their Daughters ; but I , who was born to follow the Fair to no ...
Page 84
I know a well - meaning Man that is very well pleased_to risque his good fortune
upon the Number 1711 , because it is the Year of our Lord . I am acquainted with
a Tacker that would give a good deal for the Number 134 . On the contrary I ...
I know a well - meaning Man that is very well pleased_to risque his good fortune
upon the Number 1711 , because it is the Year of our Lord . I am acquainted with
a Tacker that would give a good deal for the Number 134 . On the contrary I ...
Page 85
I am surprized that none of the Fortune tellers , or No. 191 , I as the French call
them , the Diseurs de bonne aven- Tuesday , October 9 , s ture , who publish their
Bills in every Quarter of 1711 the Town , have not turned our Lotteries to their ...
I am surprized that none of the Fortune tellers , or No. 191 , I as the French call
them , the Diseurs de bonne aven- Tuesday , October 9 , s ture , who publish their
Bills in every Quarter of 1711 the Town , have not turned our Lotteries to their ...
Page 87
191 . an Estate when it comes into our Hands ; but if we Tuesday , anticipate our
good Fortune we shall lose the Pleasure October 9 , 1711 . of it when it arrives ,
and may possibly never possess what we have so foolishly counted upon L I No.
191 . an Estate when it comes into our Hands ; but if we Tuesday , anticipate our
good Fortune we shall lose the Pleasure October 9 , 1711 . of it when it arrives ,
and may possibly never possess what we have so foolishly counted upon L I No.
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 2 Everyman's library. Essays Everyman's library: Essays and belles lettres The Spectator, George Gregory Smith |
| Authors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Editor | George Gregory Smith |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent & Company, 1924 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2016 |
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