The Spectator ...1776 |
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Page 31
... young Templar , who had the poffeffion of her for fix ♢ weeks after , until he was beaten out by a broken officer , who likewife gave up his place to a gentle- 6 man at court . The courtier was as fhort - lived a favourite as his ...
... young Templar , who had the poffeffion of her for fix ♢ weeks after , until he was beaten out by a broken officer , who likewife gave up his place to a gentle- 6 man at court . The courtier was as fhort - lived a favourite as his ...
Page 32
... young • matron is looked upon as the most rising member of the fociety , and will probably be in the prefi- • dent's chair before the dies . Thefe Ladies , upon their firft inftitution , re- folved to give the pictures of their deceafed ...
... young • matron is looked upon as the most rising member of the fociety , and will probably be in the prefi- • dent's chair before the dies . Thefe Ladies , upon their firft inftitution , re- folved to give the pictures of their deceafed ...
Page 37
... young coxcomb , who was otherwise a good - natured fellow , I recommended to his perufal the Oxford and Cambridge jefts , with fe- veral little pieces of pleasantry of the fame nature . Upon the reading of them , he was under no small ...
... young coxcomb , who was otherwise a good - natured fellow , I recommended to his perufal the Oxford and Cambridge jefts , with fe- veral little pieces of pleasantry of the fame nature . Upon the reading of them , he was under no small ...
Page 42
... young Perfian nobleman , who had a little before maintain- ed in a difcourfe , that a mind truly virtuous was inca- pable of entertaining an unlawful paffion . young gentleman had not long been in poffeffion of his fair captive , when a ...
... young Perfian nobleman , who had a little before maintain- ed in a difcourfe , that a mind truly virtuous was inca- pable of entertaining an unlawful paffion . young gentleman had not long been in poffeffion of his fair captive , when a ...
Page 52
... young lady , who was the most confiderable fortune in the country , along with me . I preferred the purfuit of fame at that time to all other confiderations , and , though I was not abfolutely bent on a wooden leg , refolved at leaft to ...
... young lady , who was the most confiderable fortune in the country , along with me . I preferred the purfuit of fame at that time to all other confiderations , and , though I was not abfolutely bent on a wooden leg , refolved at leaft to ...
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