“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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... is defective in either of thefe qualifications ( whatever may be the fecret ambition of his heart ) must never hope to make the figure you have done among the fafhionable fashionable part of his fpecies . It is therefore no DEDICATION .
... is defective in either of thefe qualifications ( whatever may be the fecret ambition of his heart ) must never hope to make the figure you have done among the fafhionable fashionable part of his fpecies . It is therefore no DEDICATION .
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... hope it will not be im- puted to any want of forefight , but to the long difufe of ' fpeech . I doubt not by this invention to have all my • former customers over again ; for if I have promifed any of them lovers or hufbands , riches or ...
... hope it will not be im- puted to any want of forefight , but to the long difufe of ' fpeech . I doubt not by this invention to have all my • former customers over again ; for if I have promifed any of them lovers or hufbands , riches or ...
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... hope , you will allow me to represent fome part of a military life not altogether unneceffary to the forming a gentleman . I need not tell you , that in France , whofe fafhions we have been formerly fo fond of , al- • most every one ...
... hope , you will allow me to represent fome part of a military life not altogether unneceffary to the forming a gentleman . I need not tell you , that in France , whofe fafhions we have been formerly fo fond of , al- • most every one ...
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... HOPE this fhort effay will convince my readers , it is not for want of abilities that I avoid ftate - tracts , and that if I would apply my mind to it , I might in a little time be as great a master of the political fcratch as any the ...
... HOPE this fhort effay will convince my readers , it is not for want of abilities that I avoid ftate - tracts , and that if I would apply my mind to it , I might in a little time be as great a master of the political fcratch as any the ...
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... hope for in life , when death was thus in a manner defeated , and when pain itself would be of fo fhort a duration , that it would but just ferve to enhance the value of pleafure : while I was in thefe thoughts , I unluckily called to ...
... hope for in life , when death was thus in a manner defeated , and when pain itself would be of fo fhort a duration , that it would but just ferve to enhance the value of pleafure : while I was in thefe thoughts , I unluckily called to ...
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