The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... even thofe , who would mifrepresent your , generous defigns for the publick good , cannot but approve the fteadiness and intrepidity with which you purfue A 2 pursue them . It is a moft fenfible pleasure to DEDICATION .
... even thofe , who would mifrepresent your , generous defigns for the publick good , cannot but approve the fteadiness and intrepidity with which you purfue A 2 pursue them . It is a moft fenfible pleasure to DEDICATION .
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pursue them . It is a moft fenfible pleasure to me that I have this opportunity of profeffing myfelf one of your great admirers , and , in a very particular manner , My LORD , Your Lordship's moft obliged , and most obedient , Humble ...
pursue them . It is a moft fenfible pleasure to me that I have this opportunity of profeffing myfelf one of your great admirers , and , in a very particular manner , My LORD , Your Lordship's moft obliged , and most obedient , Humble ...
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... moft anxious miferable man on earth . My wife , who was the only child and darling care of an indulgent mother , employ'd her early years in learning all ⚫ thofe accomplishments we generally understand by • • · ' good . · • good ...
... moft anxious miferable man on earth . My wife , who was the only child and darling care of an indulgent mother , employ'd her early years in learning all ⚫ thofe accomplishments we generally understand by • • · ' good . · • good ...
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... performances as any boy's in the fame clafs . I think , if I know my own mind , I would choose ⚫ rather Your moft obedient humble fervant , " S. P. · rather to be a fcholar than a prince without 3 41 · N ° 330 No THE SPECTATOR .
... performances as any boy's in the fame clafs . I think , if I know my own mind , I would choose ⚫ rather Your moft obedient humble fervant , " S. P. · rather to be a fcholar than a prince without 3 41 · N ° 330 No THE SPECTATOR .
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... moft remote from it . A man of learning and fenfe is diftinguifhed from others as he is fuch , though he never runs upon points too difficult for the rest of the world ; in like manner the reaching out of the arm , and the most ordinary ...
... moft remote from it . A man of learning and fenfe is diftinguifhed from others as he is fuch , though he never runs upon points too difficult for the rest of the world ; in like manner the reaching out of the arm , and the most ordinary ...
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