The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... fome great per- fon to whom he has particular ob- ligations , lays his claim to your VOL . V. A lord- lordship's patronage upon the same account . I must confefs. Thomas Earl of Wharton . Monday , March 10 , 1712 . ...
... fome great per- fon to whom he has particular ob- ligations , lays his claim to your VOL . V. A lord- lordship's patronage upon the same account . I must confefs. Thomas Earl of Wharton . Monday , March 10 , 1712 . ...
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... fome for the dignity , 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 ...
... fome for the dignity , 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 ...
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... fome provision for my life but I will die first . • Pray bid him remember what he said , and how he was • charmed when he laughed at the heediess discovery I • often made of myself ; let him remember how awkward • I was in my dissembled ...
... fome provision for my life but I will die first . • Pray bid him remember what he said , and how he was • charmed when he laughed at the heediess discovery I • often made of myself ; let him remember how awkward • I was in my dissembled ...
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... fome time or other make his advances . As he was one day talking with her in company of her two fi- sters , the conversation happening to turn upon love , each of the young ladies was , by way of rallery , recommend- ing a wife to him ...
... fome time or other make his advances . As he was one day talking with her in company of her two fi- sters , the conversation happening to turn upon love , each of the young ladies was , by way of rallery , recommend- ing a wife to him ...
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... fome ill confequence from my being off my poft . • What I would therefore defire of you , is , to promote ، ، ، 6 a project I have fet on foot ; and upon which I have • writ to fome of my friends ; and that is , that care may • be taken ...
... fome ill confequence from my being off my poft . • What I would therefore defire of you , is , to promote ، ، ، 6 a project I have fet on foot ; and upon which I have • writ to fome of my friends ; and that is , that care may • be taken ...
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