The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... fifter , Pembroke's mother : Death , ere thou haft kill'd another , Fair and learn'd , and good as fper Time fall throw a dart at thee . L Wednesday , ***************** Wednesday , March 12 . N ° 324 O 14 THE SPECTATOR . N ° 323.
... fifter , Pembroke's mother : Death , ere thou haft kill'd another , Fair and learn'd , and good as fper Time fall throw a dart at thee . L Wednesday , ***************** Wednesday , March 12 . N ° 324 O 14 THE SPECTATOR . N ° 323.
Page 64
... death , and at the conclufion of it , told me it was fuch a bloody piece of work , that he was glad it was not done upon the stage . Seeing afterwards Oreftes in his raving fit , he grew more than ordinary ferious , and took occafion to ...
... death , and at the conclufion of it , told me it was fuch a bloody piece of work , that he was glad it was not done upon the stage . Seeing afterwards Oreftes in his raving fit , he grew more than ordinary ferious , and took occafion to ...
Page 88
... death but a martyrdom . St. Catherine was there perfonated by Nell Gwin ; the lies flone - dead upon the Rage , but upon thofe gentlemens offering to remove her body , whole bufinefs it is to carry off the flain in our English tragedies ...
... death but a martyrdom . St. Catherine was there perfonated by Nell Gwin ; the lies flone - dead upon the Rage , but upon thofe gentlemens offering to remove her body , whole bufinefs it is to carry off the flain in our English tragedies ...
Page 89
... death . He tells us ' foon after , thro ' a small mistake of forrow for rage , that during the whole action he was fo very forry , that he thinks he could have attack'd half a score of the fierceft Mohocks in the excess of his grief , L ...
... death . He tells us ' foon after , thro ' a small mistake of forrow for rage , that during the whole action he was fo very forry , that he thinks he could have attack'd half a score of the fierceft Mohocks in the excess of his grief , L ...
Page 90
... death by the justice of our laws , endeavours to make ⚫ the reader merry on fo improper an occafion , by those poor burlesque expreflions of tragical dramas , and monthly performances . • Lam , Sir , with great respect , & Your most ...
... death by the justice of our laws , endeavours to make ⚫ the reader merry on fo improper an occafion , by those poor burlesque expreflions of tragical dramas , and monthly performances . • Lam , Sir , with great respect , & Your most ...
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