The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 28
... believe she put herself to the expence of a new wax- x - baby on purpose to plague me ; fhe used to dandle and play with this figure as imper- tinently as if it had been a real child : fometimes he would let fall a glove or a pin ...
... believe she put herself to the expence of a new wax- x - baby on purpose to plague me ; fhe used to dandle and play with this figure as imper- tinently as if it had been a real child : fometimes he would let fall a glove or a pin ...
Page 29
... believe infpired him . purely for my deftruction , fuggefted to him fuch a re- " ply , as got all the laughter on his fide . Í was dafhed at fo unexpected a turn ; which the Butt perceiving , refolved not to let me recover myself , and ...
... believe infpired him . purely for my deftruction , fuggefted to him fuch a re- " ply , as got all the laughter on his fide . Í was dafhed at fo unexpected a turn ; which the Butt perceiving , refolved not to let me recover myself , and ...
Page 41
... believe there are such tyrants in the world ; but alas , I can tell you of a man who is ever out of humour in his wife's company , and the pleasanteft man in the world every where else ; the ' greatest floven at home when he appears to ...
... believe there are such tyrants in the world ; but alas , I can tell you of a man who is ever out of humour in his wife's company , and the pleasanteft man in the world every where else ; the ' greatest floven at home when he appears to ...
Page 50
... believe they have not done all the fervice they were capable of doing in their generation . In fo long a course of years great part of them must have died , and all the reft must go off at laft without leaving any reprefen- ⚫tatives ...
... believe they have not done all the fervice they were capable of doing in their generation . In fo long a course of years great part of them must have died , and all the reft must go off at laft without leaving any reprefen- ⚫tatives ...
Page 68
... believe , Sir , you : ⚫ will think it a very extraordinary circumftance for a ⚫ man to gain his livelihood by Sleeping , and that reft • fhould procure a man fuftenance as well as industry ; " yet fo it is that Nicholas got last year ...
... believe , Sir , you : ⚫ will think it a very extraordinary circumftance for a ⚫ man to gain his livelihood by Sleeping , and that reft • fhould procure a man fuftenance as well as industry ; " yet fo it is that Nicholas got last year ...
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