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Page 10
... desire you may insert this in one of your speculations , to shew my zeal for removing the dissatisfaction of the fair - sex , and restoring you to their favour . ' SIR , I WAS some time since in company with a young officer , who ...
... desire you may insert this in one of your speculations , to shew my zeal for removing the dissatisfaction of the fair - sex , and restoring you to their favour . ' SIR , I WAS some time since in company with a young officer , who ...
Page 11
... desire of you is , that you disallow that a coxcomb , who pretends to write verse , should put the most malicious thing he can say in prose . This , I humbly conceive , will disable our country wits , who , indeed , take a great deal of ...
... desire of you is , that you disallow that a coxcomb , who pretends to write verse , should put the most malicious thing he can say in prose . This , I humbly conceive , will disable our country wits , who , indeed , take a great deal of ...
Page 12
... desire you to insert , and you will particularly oblige Your daily reader , T. CHARTIY FROST SIR , I AM a great lover of dancing , but cannot perform so well as some others ; however , by my out - of - the - way capers , and some ...
... desire you to insert , and you will particularly oblige Your daily reader , T. CHARTIY FROST SIR , I AM a great lover of dancing , but cannot perform so well as some others ; however , by my out - of - the - way capers , and some ...
Page 26
... desires me to be abroad , or to confine myself to the cock - loft , that I may not disgrace her among her visitants of quality . Her footmen , as I told you before , are such beaus that I do not much care for asking them questions ...
... desires me to be abroad , or to confine myself to the cock - loft , that I may not disgrace her among her visitants of quality . Her footmen , as I told you before , are such beaus that I do not much care for asking them questions ...
Page 39
... her beauty play almost irresistibly upon you , and create desire , you immediately atand corrected , not by the severity , but the decency of her C 4 her virtue . That sweetness and good - humour , NO . 302 . 39 THE SPECTATOR .
... her beauty play almost irresistibly upon you , and create desire , you immediately atand corrected , not by the severity , but the decency of her C 4 her virtue . That sweetness and good - humour , NO . 302 . 39 THE SPECTATOR .
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