The Spectator, Volume 6Alexander Chalmers D. Appleton, 1853 - Spectator (London, England : 1711) |
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... short of you in all these beau- ties of your character , notwithstanding the study and practice of them is the whole business of their lives . But I need not tell you that the free and disengaged behaviour of a fine gentleman makes as ...
... short of you in all these beau- ties of your character , notwithstanding the study and practice of them is the whole business of their lives . But I need not tell you that the free and disengaged behaviour of a fine gentleman makes as ...
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... short , we hear from all hands that you are thoroughly recon- ciled to your dirty acres , and have not too much wit to look into your own estate . After having spoken thus much of my patron , I · must take the privilege of an author in ...
... short , we hear from all hands that you are thoroughly recon- ciled to your dirty acres , and have not too much wit to look into your own estate . After having spoken thus much of my patron , I · must take the privilege of an author in ...
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... short epitaph which I once met with , though I cannot possibly recollect the place . The thought of it is serious , and in my opinion the finest that I ever met with upon this oc- casion . You know , Sir , it is usual , after having ...
... short epitaph which I once met with , though I cannot possibly recollect the place . The thought of it is serious , and in my opinion the finest that I ever met with upon this oc- casion . You know , Sir , it is usual , after having ...
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... short , black or fair , a gentleman or a raggamuffin , according as they liked the intelligence . I have heard one of our ingenious writers of news say , that , when he has had a customer come with an advertisement of an apprentice or a ...
... short , black or fair , a gentleman or a raggamuffin , according as they liked the intelligence . I have heard one of our ingenious writers of news say , that , when he has had a customer come with an advertisement of an apprentice or a ...
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... short allusion : and that even here he be not permitted to enter but with great caution and cir- cumspection . I desire that the same rule may be extended to his whole fraternity of heathen gods , it being my design to condemn every ...
... short allusion : and that even here he be not permitted to enter but with great caution and cir- cumspection . I desire that the same rule may be extended to his whole fraternity of heathen gods , it being my design to condemn every ...
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