The Spectator. ...John Bell, 1776 |
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... particular paper shall confift wholly of what I have received from my correfpondents , I fhall fill up the remaining part of it with other con- gratulatory letters of the fame nature . < < " S • SIR , Oxford , June 25 , 1714 . WE E are ...
... particular paper shall confift wholly of what I have received from my correfpondents , I fhall fill up the remaining part of it with other con- gratulatory letters of the fame nature . < < " S • SIR , Oxford , June 25 , 1714 . WE E are ...
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... particular . She is the relict of Sir Sampfon Conqueft , fometime juftice of the Quorum . Sir Sampfon was feven feet high , and two feet in breadth from the tip of one shoulder to the other . ← He had married three wives , who all of ...
... particular . She is the relict of Sir Sampfon Conqueft , fometime juftice of the Quorum . Sir Sampfon was feven feet high , and two feet in breadth from the tip of one shoulder to the other . ← He had married three wives , who all of ...
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... particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself justice . Does he think , fays Brutus , that his confulfhip deferves more applaufe than my putting Cafar to death , because ...
... particular , that his works run very much in the firft perfon , and that he takes all occafions of doing himself justice . Does he think , fays Brutus , that his confulfhip deferves more applaufe than my putting Cafar to death , because ...
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... particular averfion to it , they branded this form of writing with the name of an Egotifm ; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians . The most violent egotifm which I have met with in the course of my reading , is that ...
... particular averfion to it , they branded this form of writing with the name of an Egotifm ; a figure not to be found among the ancient rhetoricians . The most violent egotifm which I have met with in the course of my reading , is that ...
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... as fayings of their own , or fome of their particular friends , feveral jefts which were made before they were born , and which every one who has converfed in in the world has heard a hundred times over . 36 N ° 562 . THE SPECTATOR .
... as fayings of their own , or fome of their particular friends , feveral jefts which were made before they were born , and which every one who has converfed in in the world has heard a hundred times over . 36 N ° 562 . THE SPECTATOR .
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