The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... , others for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their happiness of expreffion ; some for the laying of schemes , schemes , and others for the put- -ting of them DEDICATION .
... , others for the popularity of their behaviour ; fome for their clearness of judg- ment , others for their happiness of expreffion ; some for the laying of schemes , schemes , and others for the put- -ting of them DEDICATION .
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... some imperfect informations of a fet of men ( if you • will allow them a place in that species of being ) who ... Some are knock'd down , others stabb'd , others cut and carbonado'd . To put the watch to a total rout , and mortify ...
... some imperfect informations of a fet of men ( if you • will allow them a place in that species of being ) who ... Some are knock'd down , others stabb'd , others cut and carbonado'd . To put the watch to a total rout , and mortify ...
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... Some are cele- • brated for a happy dexterity in tipping the Lion up- on them ; which is performed by squeezing the nose flat to the face , and boring out the eyes with their fingers : Others are called the dancing - masters , and ...
... Some are cele- • brated for a happy dexterity in tipping the Lion up- on them ; which is performed by squeezing the nose flat to the face , and boring out the eyes with their fingers : Others are called the dancing - masters , and ...
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... some relation to the following letter , which I received the day before . SIR , I Have read your last Saturday's observations on the fourth book of Milton with great fatisfaction , and am particularly pleased with the hidden moral ...
... some relation to the following letter , which I received the day before . SIR , I Have read your last Saturday's observations on the fourth book of Milton with great fatisfaction , and am particularly pleased with the hidden moral ...
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، thoughts , whether there may not also be some mo- ⚫ral couched under that place in the fame book where ⚫ the poet lets us know , that the first woman immediately after her creation ran to a looking - glass , and became fo enamoured ...
، thoughts , whether there may not also be some mo- ⚫ral couched under that place in the fame book where ⚫ the poet lets us know , that the first woman immediately after her creation ran to a looking - glass , and became fo enamoured ...
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