The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... faid , after a man has heard a ftory with extraordinary circumftances , It is a very good one if it be true : but as for the following relation , I fhould be glad were I fure it were falfe . It is told with fuch fimplicity , and there ...
... faid , after a man has heard a ftory with extraordinary circumftances , It is a very good one if it be true : but as for the following relation , I fhould be glad were I fure it were falfe . It is told with fuch fimplicity , and there ...
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... faid he was Mr. Froth . SUNDAY . Indifpofed . MONDAY . Eight o'clock . Waked by Mifs Kitty . Aurengzebe lay upon the chair by me . Kitty repeated without without book the eight beft lines in the play . N ° 323 13 THE SPECTATOR .
... faid he was Mr. Froth . SUNDAY . Indifpofed . MONDAY . Eight o'clock . Waked by Mifs Kitty . Aurengzebe lay upon the chair by me . Kitty repeated without without book the eight beft lines in the play . N ° 323 13 THE SPECTATOR .
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... faid , that the ladies of Chili always dreffed their heads over a bason of water . I am the more particular in my account of WILL'S laft nights lecture on these natural mirrours , as it feems to bear fome relation to the following ...
... faid , that the ladies of Chili always dreffed their heads over a bason of water . I am the more particular in my account of WILL'S laft nights lecture on these natural mirrours , as it feems to bear fome relation to the following ...
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... faid , And locks , and bolts , and iron bars , Might have preserv'd one innocent maiden - head ; But Venus laugh'd , & c . Mr. SPECTATOR , Y COWLEY .. OUR correfpor dent's letter relating to For- tune - Hunters , and your fubfequent ...
... faid , And locks , and bolts , and iron bars , Might have preserv'd one innocent maiden - head ; But Venus laugh'd , & c . Mr. SPECTATOR , Y COWLEY .. OUR correfpor dent's letter relating to For- tune - Hunters , and your fubfequent ...
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... faid , particularly to the account he gave us of the lord , who had cut off the king of Morrocco's head . Among feveral other figures , he was very well pleafed to fee the itatefman Cecil upon his knees ; and concluding them all to be ...
... faid , particularly to the account he gave us of the lord , who had cut off the king of Morrocco's head . Among feveral other figures , he was very well pleafed to fee the itatefman Cecil upon his knees ; and concluding them all to be ...
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