The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 6James Crissy, 1832 - Spectator |
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... opinion upon the new - fashioned hoods ; for to tell you truly , ' says she , ' I was afraid he would have made us ashamed to show our heads . Now , sir , you must know , since this unlucky accident happened to me in a company of ladies ...
... opinion upon the new - fashioned hoods ; for to tell you truly , ' says she , ' I was afraid he would have made us ashamed to show our heads . Now , sir , you must know , since this unlucky accident happened to me in a company of ladies ...
Page 27
... opinion such charac- ters might have a place in an epic work . For my own part , I should be glad the reader would think so , for the sake of the poem I am now ex- amining ; and must further add , that if such emp- ty and unsubstantial ...
... opinion such charac- ters might have a place in an epic work . For my own part , I should be glad the reader would think so , for the sake of the poem I am now ex- amining ; and must further add , that if such emp- ty and unsubstantial ...
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... opinion of you than of any of the quality , makes me acquaint you of an affair that I hope will oblige you to know . I have a niece that came to town about a fortnight ago . Her parents being lately dead , she came to me , expecting to ...
... opinion of you than of any of the quality , makes me acquaint you of an affair that I hope will oblige you to know . I have a niece that came to town about a fortnight ago . Her parents being lately dead , she came to me , expecting to ...
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... opinions which were started on this occasion , presented to my imagination so many new ideas , that by mixing with those which were already there , they employed my fancy all the last night , and composed a very wild extra- vagant dream ...
... opinions which were started on this occasion , presented to my imagination so many new ideas , that by mixing with those which were already there , they employed my fancy all the last night , and composed a very wild extra- vagant dream ...
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... opinion and advice in this affair is the only thing I know can turn the balance ; and which I earnestly en- treat I may receive soon ; for , until I have your thoughts upon it , I am engaged not to give my swain a final discharge ...
... opinion and advice in this affair is the only thing I know can turn the balance ; and which I earnestly en- treat I may receive soon ; for , until I have your thoughts upon it , I am engaged not to give my swain a final discharge ...
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