The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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Page 33
... leave to give you an account of myself , and my own fpoufe . You are to know that I am reckoned no fool , have on feveral occafions been tried whether I will take ill - ufage , and the event has been to my ad- vantage ; and yet there is ...
... leave to give you an account of myself , and my own fpoufe . You are to know that I am reckoned no fool , have on feveral occafions been tried whether I will take ill - ufage , and the event has been to my ad- vantage ; and yet there is ...
Page 42
... leaves his home as if he were going to court , and returns as if he were entering a jail . I could add to this , that from his company and his ufual dif- ⚫ courfe , he does not fcruple being thought an abandon- ⚫ed man , as to his ...
... leaves his home as if he were going to court , and returns as if he were entering a jail . I could add to this , that from his company and his ufual dif- ⚫ courfe , he does not fcruple being thought an abandon- ⚫ed man , as to his ...
Page 43
... leave to fubfcribe myself , · . • Your unfortunate humble fervant , • CELINDA . ” I had it in my thoughts , before I received the letter of this lady , to confider this dreadful paffion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart she feems ...
... leave to fubfcribe myself , · . • Your unfortunate humble fervant , • CELINDA . ” I had it in my thoughts , before I received the letter of this lady , to confider this dreadful paffion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart she feems ...
Page 50
... leaving any reprefen- ⚫tatives behind . By this account he must have loft not only 800,000 fubjects , but double that number , and all the increase that was reasonably to be ex- pected from it . · It is faid in the laft war there was a ...
... leaving any reprefen- ⚫tatives behind . By this account he must have loft not only 800,000 fubjects , but double that number , and all the increase that was reasonably to be ex- pected from it . · It is faid in the laft war there was a ...
Page 58
... leave them after poffeffion of them , without any mercy , to fhame , infamy , poverty , ⚫ and disease . Were you to read the nauteous imperti- nences which are written on thefe occafions , and to fee the · 16 ་ ་ " 8 the filly ...
... leave them after poffeffion of them , without any mercy , to fhame , infamy , poverty , ⚫ and disease . Were you to read the nauteous imperti- nences which are written on thefe occafions , and to fee the · 16 ་ ་ " 8 the filly ...
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