The Spectator, Volume 6Peter Wilson (Dublín) Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... laft made his Fortune by running away with her Grand- mother . BUT as I do not defign this Speculation for the Ever- greens of the Sex , I fhall again apply my felf to those who would willingly liften to the Dictates of Reafon and Vir ...
... laft made his Fortune by running away with her Grand- mother . BUT as I do not defign this Speculation for the Ever- greens of the Sex , I fhall again apply my felf to those who would willingly liften to the Dictates of Reafon and Vir ...
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... laft Letter to King Henry . Cotton Lib . Otho C. Ic . " 6 SIR , OUR Grace's Difpleafure , and my ⚫ unto me , as what to write , or what to excufe , I am altogether ignorant . Whereas you fend unto me ( wil- ⚫ling me to confess a Truth ...
... laft Letter to King Henry . Cotton Lib . Otho C. Ic . " 6 SIR , OUR Grace's Difpleafure , and my ⚫ unto me , as what to write , or what to excufe , I am altogether ignorant . Whereas you fend unto me ( wil- ⚫ling me to confess a Truth ...
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... laft and only Request shall be , that myfelf may only bear the Burden of your Grace's Difpleasure , and that it may not touch the innocent Souls of thofe poor Gentlemen , who ( as I understand ) are likewise in strait Imprisonment for ...
... laft and only Request shall be , that myfelf may only bear the Burden of your Grace's Difpleasure , and that it may not touch the innocent Souls of thofe poor Gentlemen , who ( as I understand ) are likewise in strait Imprisonment for ...
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... laft Confideration , forfooth , of injuring her in per- fifting , made him refolve to break off upon the firft fa- vourable Opportunity of making her angry . When he was in this Thought , he faw Robin the Porter , who waits at Will's ...
... laft Confideration , forfooth , of injuring her in per- fifting , made him refolve to break off upon the firft fa- vourable Opportunity of making her angry . When he was in this Thought , he faw Robin the Porter , who waits at Will's ...
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... no other Means but this to exprefs my Thanks to one Man , and my Refentment against another . My Circumstances are as follows . I have been for five • Years · Years laft paft courted by a Gentleman of greater 32 No. 402 . The SPECTATOR .
... no other Means but this to exprefs my Thanks to one Man , and my Refentment against another . My Circumstances are as follows . I have been for five • Years · Years laft paft courted by a Gentleman of greater 32 No. 402 . The SPECTATOR .
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