The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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... fome Climates there is a perpetual Spring , fo in fome Female Conftitutions there is a perpetual May : These are a Kind of Valetudinarians in Chastity , whom I would continue in a conftant Diet . I cannot think these wholly out of ...
... fome Climates there is a perpetual Spring , fo in fome Female Conftitutions there is a perpetual May : These are a Kind of Valetudinarians in Chastity , whom I would continue in a conftant Diet . I cannot think these wholly out of ...
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... fome pert Sallies now and then , by way of Flourish , upon the ami- able Enchantrefs , and unfortunately stumbles ( upon that Mongrel mifcreated ( to fpeak in Mil- tonic ) kind of Wit , vulgarly termed , the Punn . It would not be much ...
... fome pert Sallies now and then , by way of Flourish , upon the ami- able Enchantrefs , and unfortunately stumbles ( upon that Mongrel mifcreated ( to fpeak in Mil- tonic ) kind of Wit , vulgarly termed , the Punn . It would not be much ...
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... fome other Subje & t . You have chofen me from a low Eftate to be your Queen and Companion , far beyond my Defert and Defire . If then you found me Worthy of fuch Honour , ' good your Grace let not any light Fancy , or bad Coun ...
... fome other Subje & t . You have chofen me from a low Eftate to be your Queen and Companion , far beyond my Defert and Defire . If then you found me Worthy of fuch Honour , ' good your Grace let not any light Fancy , or bad Coun ...
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... fome Rules for the Difco- very of thofe Vices that lurk in the fecret Cor- ners of the Soul , and to fhew my Reader thofe Methods by which he may arrive at a true and im- partial Knowledge of himself . The ufual Meaus prescribed for ...
... fome Rules for the Difco- very of thofe Vices that lurk in the fecret Cor- ners of the Soul , and to fhew my Reader thofe Methods by which he may arrive at a true and im- partial Knowledge of himself . The ufual Meaus prescribed for ...
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... fome Ground for what it advances . A Friend exaggerates a Man's Virtues , an Enemy inflames his Crimes . A wife Man fhould give a just Attention to both of them , fo far as they may tend to the Improvement of the one , and Diminution of ...
... fome Ground for what it advances . A Friend exaggerates a Man's Virtues , an Enemy inflames his Crimes . A wife Man fhould give a just Attention to both of them , fo far as they may tend to the Improvement of the one , and Diminution of ...
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