The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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Page 13
... fure it is not true . Between twelve and one . Dreamed that Mr. Froth lay at my feet , and called me Indamora . SATURDAY . Rose at eight o'clock in the morning . Sat down to my toilette . From eight to nine . Shifted a patch for half an ...
... fure it is not true . Between twelve and one . Dreamed that Mr. Froth lay at my feet , and called me Indamora . SATURDAY . Rose at eight o'clock in the morning . Sat down to my toilette . From eight to nine . Shifted a patch for half an ...
Page 41
... fure in learning . I have been at the Latin school • four years . I don't know I ever play'd truant , or neg- • lected any task my master set me in my life . I think on what I read in school as I go home at noon and night , and so ...
... fure in learning . I have been at the Latin school • four years . I don't know I ever play'd truant , or neg- • lected any task my master set me in my life . I think on what I read in school as I go home at noon and night , and so ...
Page 135
... fure fincerity is better : For why does any man dissemble , or feem to be that which he is not , but because he thinks it good to have such a quality as he pretends to ? For to counterfeit and dif- semble , is to put on the appearance ...
... fure fincerity is better : For why does any man dissemble , or feem to be that which he is not , but because he thinks it good to have such a quality as he pretends to ? For to counterfeit and dif- semble , is to put on the appearance ...
Page 139
... fure of , that nothing is more ab- • surd than to give a lad the education of one , whom nature has not favoured with any particular marks of diftinction . • The fault therefore of our grammar schools is , that every boy is pushed on to ...
... fure of , that nothing is more ab- • surd than to give a lad the education of one , whom nature has not favoured with any particular marks of diftinction . • The fault therefore of our grammar schools is , that every boy is pushed on to ...
Page 142
... fure of being ob- • served . When she went to the famous ass - race ( which I must confess was but an odd diverfion to be encouraged by people of rank and figure ) it was not , like like other ladies , to hear those poor animals bray ...
... fure of being ob- • served . When she went to the famous ass - race ( which I must confess was but an odd diverfion to be encouraged by people of rank and figure ) it was not , like like other ladies , to hear those poor animals bray ...
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