The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... surprise of her who languished for him in secret , he told them with a more than ordinary seriousness , that his heart had been long engaged to one whose name he thought himself ob- liged in honour to conceal ; but that he could shew ...
... surprise of her who languished for him in secret , he told them with a more than ordinary seriousness , that his heart had been long engaged to one whose name he thought himself ob- liged in honour to conceal ; but that he could shew ...
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... surprise ) begged the coachman to cut • her off a flice as if it were for himself , which the fellow • did ; and as soon as the came home the fell to it with such 6 ، an appetite that the feemed rather to devour than eat • it . What her ...
... surprise ) begged the coachman to cut • her off a flice as if it were for himself , which the fellow • did ; and as soon as the came home the fell to it with such 6 ، an appetite that the feemed rather to devour than eat • it . What her ...
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... surprise , had a great many kings in him , whose monuments he had not seen in the abbey . For my own part , I could not but be pleased to fee the knight shew fuch an honest paffion for the glory of his country , and fuch a respectful ...
... surprise , had a great many kings in him , whose monuments he had not seen in the abbey . For my own part , I could not but be pleased to fee the knight shew fuch an honest paffion for the glory of his country , and fuch a respectful ...
Page 74
... surprise , • I found the Knight entering with equal pleasure into ⚫ both parts , and as much fatisfied with Mrs. Oldfield's gaiety , as he had been before with Andromache's great- • ness . Whether this were no more than an effect of ...
... surprise , • I found the Knight entering with equal pleasure into ⚫ both parts , and as much fatisfied with Mrs. Oldfield's gaiety , as he had been before with Andromache's great- • ness . Whether this were no more than an effect of ...
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... surprise , an eminent banker in Lombardstreet ; and remem- bring how I had formerly fuffered for want of money , • became so very fordid and avaritious , that the whole town cried shame of me . I was a miferable little o'd • fellow to ...
... surprise , an eminent banker in Lombardstreet ; and remem- bring how I had formerly fuffered for want of money , • became so very fordid and avaritious , that the whole town cried shame of me . I was a miferable little o'd • fellow to ...
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