The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... gentleman whose estate was contigu- ous to that of her enemy's husband . It would be endless to enumerate the many occasions on which these irreconcilable beauties laboured to excel each other ; but in process of time it happened , that ...
... gentleman whose estate was contigu- ous to that of her enemy's husband . It would be endless to enumerate the many occasions on which these irreconcilable beauties laboured to excel each other ; but in process of time it happened , that ...
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... gentleman has advanced , is not That , That he should have proved to your lordships . Let these two question- ary petitioners try to do this with their Who's and their Whiches . ' What great advantage was I of to Mr. Dryden in his ...
... gentleman has advanced , is not That , That he should have proved to your lordships . Let these two question- ary petitioners try to do this with their Who's and their Whiches . ' What great advantage was I of to Mr. Dryden in his ...
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... gentleman is Jack Truepenny , who has been an old acquaintance of Sir Andrew and myself from boys , but could never learn our caution . Jack has a whorish unresisting good- nature , which makes him incapable of having a pro- perty in ...
... gentleman is Jack Truepenny , who has been an old acquaintance of Sir Andrew and myself from boys , but could never learn our caution . Jack has a whorish unresisting good- nature , which makes him incapable of having a pro- perty in ...
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... gentleman ap- proached the king with an air which spoke him un- der the greatest concern in what manner to demean himself . The king , who had a quick discerning , relieved him from the oppression he was under : and with the most ...
... gentleman ap- proached the king with an air which spoke him un- der the greatest concern in what manner to demean himself . The king , who had a quick discerning , relieved him from the oppression he was under : and with the most ...
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... gentleman , and the fine woman has something so becoming , that there is no enduring either of them . It has therefore been generally my choice to mix with cheerful ugly creatures , rather than gentlemen who are graceful enough to omit ...
... gentleman , and the fine woman has something so becoming , that there is no enduring either of them . It has therefore been generally my choice to mix with cheerful ugly creatures , rather than gentlemen who are graceful enough to omit ...
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