The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... foon as my new clothes is made and hay - harvest is in . I • could , though I say it , have good ' The reft is torn off ; and posterity must be contented to know , that Mrs. Margaret Clark was very pretty , but are left in the dark as ...
... foon as my new clothes is made and hay - harvest is in . I • could , though I say it , have good ' The reft is torn off ; and posterity must be contented to know , that Mrs. Margaret Clark was very pretty , but are left in the dark as ...
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... foon with answered looks Of sympathy and love : there I had fix'd Mine eyes till now , and pin'd with vain defire , Had not a voice thus warn'd me , What thou seest , What there thou feest , fair creature , is the self ; With thee it ...
... foon with answered looks Of sympathy and love : there I had fix'd Mine eyes till now , and pin'd with vain defire , Had not a voice thus warn'd me , What thou seest , What there thou feest , fair creature , is the self ; With thee it ...
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... foon after , and give • him an opportunity to break his mind . 6 6 1 am , SIR , Your humble fervant , Mary Comfit . • If I observe he cannot speak , I'll give him time to recover himself , and ask him how he does . ' Dear Sir , I BEG ...
... foon after , and give • him an opportunity to break his mind . 6 6 1 am , SIR , Your humble fervant , Mary Comfit . • If I observe he cannot speak , I'll give him time to recover himself , and ask him how he does . ' Dear Sir , I BEG ...
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... foon as I had got it down , I found it very unpalata- ble , upon which the Knight observing that I had made feveral wry faces , told me that he knew I should not like it at firfl , but that it was the best thing in the world against the ...
... foon as I had got it down , I found it very unpalata- ble , upon which the Knight observing that I had made feveral wry faces , told me that he knew I should not like it at firfl , but that it was the best thing in the world against the ...
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... foon had • fellows who found me out for a fmart young gentle- ' man , and led me into all the debaucheries of which I ، ، ، ، was capable ) that my companions and I could not well • be supplied without running in debt , which I did very ...
... foon had • fellows who found me out for a fmart young gentle- ' man , and led me into all the debaucheries of which I ، ، ، ، was capable ) that my companions and I could not well • be supplied without running in debt , which I did very ...
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