The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... fays he , I remember Mr. Dryden in his Ovid tells us of a swinging fellow called Polypheme , that made use of the fea for his looking glass , and could ne- ver dress himself to advantage but in a calm . My friend WILL , to shew us the ...
... fays he , I remember Mr. Dryden in his Ovid tells us of a swinging fellow called Polypheme , that made use of the fea for his looking glass , and could ne- ver dress himself to advantage but in a calm . My friend WILL , to shew us the ...
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... fays he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he observed I had promised another paper upon the Tombs , and that he should be glad to go and fee them with me , not having visited them fince he ...
... fays he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he observed I had promised another paper upon the Tombs , and that he should be glad to go and fee them with me , not having visited them fince he ...
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... fays Sir ROGER , if I had not been engaged , perhaps I could not have done better . His discourse was broken off by his man's telling him he had called a coach . Upon our going to it , after having cast his eye upon the wheels , he ...
... fays Sir ROGER , if I had not been engaged , perhaps I could not have done better . His discourse was broken off by his man's telling him he had called a coach . Upon our going to it , after having cast his eye upon the wheels , he ...
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... fays . Sir ROCER ; you ought to lock up your kings bet- ter ; they will carry off the body too , if you don't take care . The glorious names of Henry the fifth and queen Eliza- beth gave the knight great opportunities of shining , and ...
... fays . Sir ROCER ; you ought to lock up your kings bet- ter ; they will carry off the body too , if you don't take care . The glorious names of Henry the fifth and queen Eliza- beth gave the knight great opportunities of shining , and ...
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... fays he will buy them himself . I asked him • for Horace t'other day , and he told me in a passion he ⚫ did not believe I was fit for it , but only my mafter had a mind to make him think I had got a great way in my learning . I am ...
... fays he will buy them himself . I asked him • for Horace t'other day , and he told me in a passion he ⚫ did not believe I was fit for it , but only my mafter had a mind to make him think I had got a great way in my learning . I am ...
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