The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 11
... She seems by her letter to be placed in a modish state of indifference be- tween vice and virtue , and to be susceptible of either , were there proper pains taken with her . Had her journal been filled with galantries , or such ...
... She seems by her letter to be placed in a modish state of indifference be- tween vice and virtue , and to be susceptible of either , were there proper pains taken with her . Had her journal been filled with galantries , or such ...
Page 14
... she would make among pofterity , were the history of her whole life published like these five days of fit . it . I shall conclude my paper with an epitaph written by an uncertain author on Sir . Philip Sidney's fister , a lady , who ...
... she would make among pofterity , were the history of her whole life published like these five days of fit . it . I shall conclude my paper with an epitaph written by an uncertain author on Sir . Philip Sidney's fister , a lady , who ...
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... she should happen to know the person , fhe would not reveal her name . Upon carrying it to the window , she was very agreeably surprised to find there was nothing within the lid but a little looking - glass , in which after the had ...
... she should happen to know the person , fhe would not reveal her name . Upon carrying it to the window , she was very agreeably surprised to find there was nothing within the lid but a little looking - glass , in which after the had ...
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... she had never removed to view any of the other works of nature , had the not been led off to a man . If you think fit to fet down the whole passage from Milton , your • readers will be able to judge for themselves , and the quotation ...
... she had never removed to view any of the other works of nature , had the not been led off to a man . If you think fit to fet down the whole passage from Milton , your • readers will be able to judge for themselves , and the quotation ...
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... she has longed for during her pregnancy with them , ⚫ would not only have handsomly defray'd the charges ⚫ of the ... she was with child 6 6 6 6 of Tom , my eldest fon , the came home one day juft fainting , and told me she had ...
... she has longed for during her pregnancy with them , ⚫ would not only have handsomly defray'd the charges ⚫ of the ... she was with child 6 6 6 6 of Tom , my eldest fon , the came home one day juft fainting , and told me she had ...
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