The Spectator, Volume 2J.M. Dent & Company, 1924 |
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Page 42
... Letter , which I have castrated in some places upon these Considerations . ' Sir , Having lately seen your Discourse upon a Match of Grinning , I cannot forbear giving you an account of a Whistling Match , which , with many others , I ...
... Letter , which I have castrated in some places upon these Considerations . ' Sir , Having lately seen your Discourse upon a Match of Grinning , I cannot forbear giving you an account of a Whistling Match , which , with many others , I ...
Page 44
... Letter has so much Weight and good Sense , that I cannot forbear inserting it , tho ' it relates to an hardened Sinner , whom I have very little Hopes of reforming , viz . Lewis XIV . of France , ' Mr. SPECTATOR , Amidst the Variety of ...
... Letter has so much Weight and good Sense , that I cannot forbear inserting it , tho ' it relates to an hardened Sinner , whom I have very little Hopes of reforming , viz . Lewis XIV . of France , ' Mr. SPECTATOR , Amidst the Variety of ...
Page 48
... Letter that is filled with Touches of Nature than of Wit . The following one is of this kind . ' Sir , Among all the ... Letters to him , but he will neither open nor receive them . About two Years ago I sent my little Boy to him ...
... Letter that is filled with Touches of Nature than of Wit . The following one is of this kind . ' Sir , Among all the ... Letters to him , but he will neither open nor receive them . About two Years ago I sent my little Boy to him ...
Page 52
... Letters of Correspond ents , two of which you shall have as follow . ' Mr. SPECTATOR It is wonderful to me , that among the many Enor mities which you have treated of you have not mentioned that of Wenching , and particularly the ...
... Letters of Correspond ents , two of which you shall have as follow . ' Mr. SPECTATOR It is wonderful to me , that among the many Enor mities which you have treated of you have not mentioned that of Wenching , and particularly the ...
Page 59
... Letter by the last Post I shall not premise any thing to it further than that it is built on Matter of Fact , and is as follows , ' Sir , You have already obliged the World with a Discourse upon Grinning , and have since proceeded to ...
... Letter by the last Post I shall not premise any thing to it further than that it is built on Matter of Fact , and is as follows , ' Sir , You have already obliged the World with a Discourse upon Grinning , and have since proceeded to ...
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