The Spectator, Volume 3Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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... letter matters , which I , a bachelor , cannot be fuppofed to be acquainted with ; therefore fhall not pretend to explain upon it until farther confideration , but leave the author of the epiftle to exprefs . his condition his own way ...
... letter matters , which I , a bachelor , cannot be fuppofed to be acquainted with ; therefore fhall not pretend to explain upon it until farther confideration , but leave the author of the epiftle to exprefs . his condition his own way ...
Page 41
... Letter . Mr. SPECTATOR , AM but too good a judge of your Paper of the 15th inftant , which is a mafter - piece ; I mean that " of Jealoufy : but I think it unworthy of you to speak of that torture in the breaft of a man , and not to men ...
... Letter . Mr. SPECTATOR , AM but too good a judge of your Paper of the 15th inftant , which is a mafter - piece ; I mean that " of Jealoufy : but I think it unworthy of you to speak of that torture in the breaft of a man , and not to men ...
Page 43
... letter of this lady , to confider this dreadful paffion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart she feems to feel does not abate the inclination I had to recommend to husbands a more regular behaviour , than to give the most exquifite of ...
... letter of this lady , to confider this dreadful paffion in the mind of a woman ; and the smart she feems to feel does not abate the inclination I had to recommend to husbands a more regular behaviour , than to give the most exquifite of ...
Page 44
... letter , I am perfuaded , thinks fuch a perfeverance very impracticable . " • Husband , TAY more at home . I know where you vifited Seven of the clock on Thursday evening . The colonel , whom you charged me to fee no more , is • in town ...
... letter , I am perfuaded , thinks fuch a perfeverance very impracticable . " • Husband , TAY more at home . I know where you vifited Seven of the clock on Thursday evening . The colonel , whom you charged me to fee no more , is • in town ...
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... letter , which I have cas- trated in fome places upon these confiderations . SIR , Having lately feen your discourse upon a Match of Grinning * , I cannot forbear giving you an account of a Whiftling Match , which , with many ⚫ others ...
... letter , which I have cas- trated in fome places upon these confiderations . SIR , Having lately feen your discourse upon a Match of Grinning * , I cannot forbear giving you an account of a Whiftling Match , which , with many ⚫ others ...
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