The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson, 1728 |
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... thefe Gentlemen tells me , that he would have given me an hundred Pounds , rather than I fhould have publish'd that Paper ; for that his Mi- ftrefs , who had promifed to explain her self to him about the Beginning of May , upon reading ...
... thefe Gentlemen tells me , that he would have given me an hundred Pounds , rather than I fhould have publish'd that Paper ; for that his Mi- ftrefs , who had promifed to explain her self to him about the Beginning of May , upon reading ...
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... thefe laft to confider , how fhameful it would be for a General , who has made a Successful Cam- paign , to be furprized in his Winter - Quarters : It would be no lefs difhonourable for a Lady to lofe , in any other Month of the Year ...
... thefe laft to confider , how fhameful it would be for a General , who has made a Successful Cam- paign , to be furprized in his Winter - Quarters : It would be no lefs difhonourable for a Lady to lofe , in any other Month of the Year ...
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... thefe ten Months last past , and writ to each o- ther for Gallantry Sake , under thofe feigned Names ; Mr. Such a one and Mrs. Such a one not being capable of raifing the Soul out of the ordinary Tracts and Paffages of Life , up to that ...
... thefe ten Months last past , and writ to each o- ther for Gallantry Sake , under thofe feigned Names ; Mr. Such a one and Mrs. Such a one not being capable of raifing the Soul out of the ordinary Tracts and Paffages of Life , up to that ...
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... thefe two Heads cannot be too much in- fifted upon , I shall but just mention them , fince they have been handled by many Great and E- minent Writers . I would therefore propofe the following Me- thods to the Confideration of fuch as ...
... thefe two Heads cannot be too much in- fifted upon , I shall but just mention them , fince they have been handled by many Great and E- minent Writers . I would therefore propofe the following Me- thods to the Confideration of fuch as ...
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... thefe dark Receffes of the Mind , if we would establish our Souls in such a solid and fubftantial Virtue , as will turn to Account in that great Day , when it must stand the Test of infinite Wisdom and Justice . I shall conclude this ...
... thefe dark Receffes of the Mind , if we would establish our Souls in such a solid and fubftantial Virtue , as will turn to Account in that great Day , when it must stand the Test of infinite Wisdom and Justice . I shall conclude this ...
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