The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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Page 12
... Discovery of the Origin of Punning among us , and the Foundation of its prevailing fo long in this famous Body . ' Tis notorious from the In- • ftance ( C · · ' ftance under Confideration , that it 10 N ° 396 . The SPECTATOR . ". ...
... Discovery of the Origin of Punning among us , and the Foundation of its prevailing fo long in this famous Body . ' Tis notorious from the In- • ftance ( C · · ' ftance under Confideration , that it 10 N ° 396 . The SPECTATOR . ". ...
Page 19
... Body , fwift Step , demure Looks , fuf- ficient Senfe , and knows the Town , This Man carried Cynthia's first Letter to Flavia , and by fre- quent Errands ever fince , is well known to her . The Fellow covers his Knowledge of the Nature ...
... Body , fwift Step , demure Looks , fuf- ficient Senfe , and knows the Town , This Man carried Cynthia's first Letter to Flavia , and by fre- quent Errands ever fince , is well known to her . The Fellow covers his Knowledge of the Nature ...
Page 54
... Body , and Majefty of the Hand , which are fo much cele- brated in the Orators of Greece and Rome . We can talk of Life and Death in cold Blood , and keep our Temper in a Difcourfe which turns up- on every thing that is dear to us ...
... Body , and Majefty of the Hand , which are fo much cele- brated in the Orators of Greece and Rome . We can talk of Life and Death in cold Blood , and keep our Temper in a Difcourfe which turns up- on every thing that is dear to us ...
Page 55
... Body , has fuch an Influ- ence on Mens Minds , what might we not ex- pect from many of thofe admirable Difcourfes which are printed in our Tongue , were they de- livered with a becoming Fervour , and with the most agreeable Graces of ...
... Body , has fuch an Influ- ence on Mens Minds , what might we not ex- pect from many of thofe admirable Difcourfes which are printed in our Tongue , were they de- livered with a becoming Fervour , and with the most agreeable Graces of ...
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... Body as they did at Rome in the Reign of Augustus , and in Greece about the Age of Socrates . I cannot think that Corneille , Racine , Moliere , Boileau , la Fontaine , Bruyere , Boff , or the Daciers , would have written fo well as ...
... Body as they did at Rome in the Reign of Augustus , and in Greece about the Age of Socrates . I cannot think that Corneille , Racine , Moliere , Boileau , la Fontaine , Bruyere , Boff , or the Daciers , would have written fo well as ...
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