The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... please " the man I love ; he is the end of every care I have ; if ⚫ I drefs it is for him ; if I read a poem or a play , it is to qualify myfelf for a converfation agreeable to his tafte : He is almost the end of my devotions ; half my ...
... please " the man I love ; he is the end of every care I have ; if ⚫ I drefs it is for him ; if I read a poem or a play , it is to qualify myfelf for a converfation agreeable to his tafte : He is almost the end of my devotions ; half my ...
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... your fpeedy advice to , 6 SIR , your most humble fervant . I am forry I cannot answer this impatient Gentleman , but by another question .... Dear Dear Correfpondent , 7Ould you marry to please other people N ° 254 19 THE SPECTATOR .
... your fpeedy advice to , 6 SIR , your most humble fervant . I am forry I cannot answer this impatient Gentleman , but by another question .... Dear Dear Correfpondent , 7Ould you marry to please other people N ° 254 19 THE SPECTATOR .
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Dear Correfpondent , 7Ould you marry to please other people , or yourself ? W % CYKOGUDELNDENKOELKOCALO No 255 Saturday , December 22 . Laudis amore tumes ? funt certa piacula , quæ te Ter purè leto poterunt recreare libello . Hor . Ep ...
Dear Correfpondent , 7Ould you marry to please other people , or yourself ? W % CYKOGUDELNDENKOELKOCALO No 255 Saturday , December 22 . Laudis amore tumes ? funt certa piacula , quæ te Ter purè leto poterunt recreare libello . Hor . Ep ...
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... please to make in themselves in their youth , and not expect they all be capable of it from a fond opinion fome have often in their mouths , that if we do not leave our defires they will leave us . It is far otherwise ; I am now as vain ...
... please to make in themselves in their youth , and not expect they all be capable of it from a fond opinion fome have often in their mouths , that if we do not leave our defires they will leave us . It is far otherwise ; I am now as vain ...
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... please you's , and the would do her endeavour , moved the good old Lady to take her out of the hands of a country bumkin her brother , and hire her for her own maid . I staid till I faw them all marched out to take coach ; the brother ...
... please you's , and the would do her endeavour , moved the good old Lady to take her out of the hands of a country bumkin her brother , and hire her for her own maid . I staid till I faw them all marched out to take coach ; the brother ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeech fpirit ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad infert itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs Loft look mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman