The SpectatorRichard Eyres, 1778 - Great Britain |
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Page 58
... meet , in any of my walks , objects which move both my spleen and laughter fo effectually , as thofe young fellows at the Grecian , Squire's , Searl's , and all other coffee - houfes adjacent to the law , who rife early for no other ...
... meet , in any of my walks , objects which move both my spleen and laughter fo effectually , as thofe young fellows at the Grecian , Squire's , Searl's , and all other coffee - houfes adjacent to the law , who rife early for no other ...
Page 59
... meet with none of them in our way , for that , if we did , they would be apt to ' knock us down for being kings . Our other interpreter used to talk very much ' of a kind of animal called a Tory , that was as great a monfter as theWhig ...
... meet with none of them in our way , for that , if we did , they would be apt to ' knock us down for being kings . Our other interpreter used to talk very much ' of a kind of animal called a Tory , that was as great a monfter as theWhig ...
Page 60
... meet with in this abftract of the In- dian Journal , when we fancy the cuftoms , dreff- es , and marners , of other countries are ridiculous and extravagant , if they do not resemble thofe of our own . C in the play called She would if ...
... meet with in this abftract of the In- dian Journal , when we fancy the cuftoms , dreff- es , and marners , of other countries are ridiculous and extravagant , if they do not resemble thofe of our own . C in the play called She would if ...
Page 69
... meet with a friend who is as virtuous as himfelf . There is another faying in the fame author , which would have been very much admired in an heathen writer ; Forfake not an old friend , for the new is not comparable to him : a new ...
... meet with a friend who is as virtuous as himfelf . There is another faying in the fame author , which would have been very much admired in an heathen writer ; Forfake not an old friend , for the new is not comparable to him : a new ...
Page 77
... meet the fanning wind the bofom rofe : The fanning wind and purling streams con- tinue her repofe . } The fool of nature ftood with ftupid eyes And gaping mouth , that teftify'd furprize , Fix'd on her face , nor could remove his fight ...
... meet the fanning wind the bofom rofe : The fanning wind and purling streams con- tinue her repofe . } The fool of nature ftood with ftupid eyes And gaping mouth , that teftify'd furprize , Fix'd on her face , nor could remove his fight ...
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