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Page 141
... figure , which , upon apply- ing our glasses to it , appeared dressed in a very fantastic manner . The more I looked upon it , the more I thought I had seen the face before , but could not possibly recollect either the place or time ...
... figure , which , upon apply- ing our glasses to it , appeared dressed in a very fantastic manner . The more I looked upon it , the more I thought I had seen the face before , but could not possibly recollect either the place or time ...
Page 272
... figure in their respective posts of life . ' I have seen a book written by Juan Huartes , a Spanish physician , entitled Examen de Ingenios , wherein he lays it down as one of his first posi- tions , that nothing but nature can qualify ...
... figure in their respective posts of life . ' I have seen a book written by Juan Huartes , a Spanish physician , entitled Examen de Ingenios , wherein he lays it down as one of his first posi- tions , that nothing but nature can qualify ...
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... his country excellent ser- vice at the plough - tail . 6 In like manner many a lawyer , who makes but an indifferent figure at the bar , might have good - humoured creatures , into whose heads it never No. 307 . 275 SPECTATOR .
... his country excellent ser- vice at the plough - tail . 6 In like manner many a lawyer , who makes but an indifferent figure at the bar , might have good - humoured creatures , into whose heads it never No. 307 . 275 SPECTATOR .
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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