The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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... himself Mat . Meager , complains , that whereas he conftantly used to Breakfaft with his Miftrefs up- on Chocolate , going to wait upon her the first of May , he found his ufual Treat very much chan- ged for the worfe , and has been ...
... himself Mat . Meager , complains , that whereas he conftantly used to Breakfaft with his Miftrefs up- on Chocolate , going to wait upon her the first of May , he found his ufual Treat very much chan- ged for the worfe , and has been ...
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... himself Peter de Quir . I have kept it by me fome Months , and though I did not know at firft what to make of it , upon my reading it over very frequently I have at laft dif- covered feveral Conceits in it : I would not therefore have ...
... himself Peter de Quir . I have kept it by me fome Months , and though I did not know at firft what to make of it , upon my reading it over very frequently I have at laft dif- covered feveral Conceits in it : I would not therefore have ...
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... himself could not have made her talk in a Strain so suitable to her Con- dition and Character . One fees in it the Expo- ftulations of a flighted Lover , the Refentments of an injured Woman , and the Sorrows of an imprisoned Queen . I ...
... himself could not have made her talk in a Strain so suitable to her Con- dition and Character . One fees in it the Expo- ftulations of a flighted Lover , the Refentments of an injured Woman , and the Sorrows of an imprisoned Queen . I ...
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... himself that he was a very ill Man to go on in vifiting and profeffing Love to Flavia , when his Heart was enthralled to another . It is an Infirmity that I am not conftant to Flavia ; but it would be still a greater Crime , fiuce I ...
... himself that he was a very ill Man to go on in vifiting and profeffing Love to Flavia , when his Heart was enthralled to another . It is an Infirmity that I am not conftant to Flavia ; but it would be still a greater Crime , fiuce I ...
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... himself ; That Hypocrifie , which conceals his own Heart from him , and makes him believe he is more virtuous than he really is , and either not attend to his Vi- ces , or mistake even his Vices for Virtues . It is this fatal Hypocrifie ...
... himself ; That Hypocrifie , which conceals his own Heart from him , and makes him believe he is more virtuous than he really is , and either not attend to his Vi- ces , or mistake even his Vices for Virtues . It is this fatal Hypocrifie ...
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