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Page 11
... thing he can say in prose . This , I humbly conceive , will disable our country wits , who , indeed , take a great deal of pains to say any thing in rhyme , though they say it very ill . I am , SIR , SUSANNA LOVEBANES MR . SPECTATOR ...
... thing he can say in prose . This , I humbly conceive , will disable our country wits , who , indeed , take a great deal of pains to say any thing in rhyme , though they say it very ill . I am , SIR , SUSANNA LOVEBANES MR . SPECTATOR ...
Page 21
... thing ; and how pitiful a trader that , whom no woman but his own wife will have correspondence and dealings with ? Thus these ; whilst the third , the Country Squire , confessed , that indeed he was surprised into good - breed ing ...
... thing ; and how pitiful a trader that , whom no woman but his own wife will have correspondence and dealings with ? Thus these ; whilst the third , the Country Squire , confessed , that indeed he was surprised into good - breed ing ...
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... thing , did prostitute herself to her friend's doing this for her ) : That my Ecclesiastic , to obtain the one , did engage himself to take off the other that lay on hand ; but that on his success in the spiritual , he again renounced ...
... thing , did prostitute herself to her friend's doing this for her ) : That my Ecclesiastic , to obtain the one , did engage himself to take off the other that lay on hand ; but that on his success in the spiritual , he again renounced ...
Page 26
... thing which I find fault with , was done by my Lady MARY's order . She tells me , that she intends they shall wear swords with their next liveries , having lately observed the footmen of two or three persons of quality hanging behind ...
... thing which I find fault with , was done by my Lady MARY's order . She tells me , that she intends they shall wear swords with their next liveries , having lately observed the footmen of two or three persons of quality hanging behind ...
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... thing but yourself : in reality it was so ; you lay extended on the flowers by the side of the river , so that your hands , which were thrown in a negligent posture , almost touched the water . Your eyes were closed ; but if your sleep ...
... thing but yourself : in reality it was so ; you lay extended on the flowers by the side of the river , so that your hands , which were thrown in a negligent posture , almost touched the water . Your eyes were closed ; but if your sleep ...
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