“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... fortune ; and even then I fhould not forbear thinking his ambition had been vain and unpro- fitable to himfolf and his people . 6 A 6 As for himself , it is certain he can have gained no- thing by his conquefts , if they have not ...
... fortune ; and even then I fhould not forbear thinking his ambition had been vain and unpro- fitable to himfolf and his people . 6 A 6 As for himself , it is certain he can have gained no- thing by his conquefts , if they have not ...
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... fortune ) fathers and mothers began to re- gaid me as a good match , and I found eafy admittance into the best families in town to obferve their daughters but I , who was born to follow the fair to no purpose , have by the force of my ...
... fortune ) fathers and mothers began to re- gaid me as a good match , and I found eafy admittance into the best families in town to obferve their daughters but I , who was born to follow the fair to no purpose , have by the force of my ...
Page 84
... 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 124. On the con- trary , I have been told of a certain zealous diffenter , who , being a great ...
... 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 124. On the con- trary , I have been told of a certain zealous diffenter , who , being a great ...
Page 85
... fortune - tellers , or , as the French call them , the Difeurs de bonne avantures , who publish their bills in every quarter of the town , have not turned our lotteries to their advantage : did any of them fet up for a cafter of ...
... fortune - tellers , or , as the French call them , the Difeurs de bonne avantures , who publish their bills in every quarter of the town , have not turned our lotteries to their advantage : did any of them fet up for a cafter of ...
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... live within the compafs of what we actu ally poffefs . It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good good fortune , we shall lose the pleasure of it 86 No 191 . THE SPECTATOR .
... live within the compafs of what we actu ally poffefs . It will be time enough to enjoy an estate when it comes into our hands ; but if we anticipate our good good fortune , we shall lose the pleasure of it 86 No 191 . THE SPECTATOR .
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