The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...Bosworth, 1854 |
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Page 243
... person should exert himself to advantage in an assembly , whether it be his part either to sing or speak , who lies under too great oppressions of modesty . I remember , upon talking with a friend of mine concerning the force of ...
... person should exert himself to advantage in an assembly , whether it be his part either to sing or speak , who lies under too great oppressions of modesty . I remember , upon talking with a friend of mine concerning the force of ...
Page 271
... person he thought proper particularly to entertain . This he did with so good a grace and assurance , that it is taken for the present fashion ; and there is no young gentlewoman within several miles of this place has been kissed ever ...
... person he thought proper particularly to entertain . This he did with so good a grace and assurance , that it is taken for the present fashion ; and there is no young gentlewoman within several miles of this place has been kissed ever ...
Page 449
... person it is drawn from might still be concealed ; and that the writer of it might not be in the least suspected , and for some other reasons , I choose not to give it in the form of a letter ; but if , besides the faults of the composi ...
... person it is drawn from might still be concealed ; and that the writer of it might not be in the least suspected , and for some other reasons , I choose not to give it in the form of a letter ; but if , besides the faults of the composi ...
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The Spectator: With a Historical and Biographical Preface, Volumes 3-4 Alexander Chalmers No preview available - 1870 |
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