The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... name , of fome great perfon to whom he has particular obligations , lays his claim to your VOL . V. A lordlordship's patronage upon the fame account . I must confefs ,. Thomas Earl of Wharton . Monday , March 10 , 1712 . ...
... name , of fome great perfon to whom he has particular obligations , lays his claim to your VOL . V. A lordlordship's patronage upon the fame account . I must confefs ,. Thomas Earl of Wharton . Monday , March 10 , 1712 . ...
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... perfon or character that could balance the difadvantage of an unequal fortune . In the mean time the fon continued his application to me , and omitted no occafion of demonftrating the most difinterested pation imaginable to me ; and in ...
... perfon or character that could balance the difadvantage of an unequal fortune . In the mean time the fon continued his application to me , and omitted no occafion of demonftrating the most difinterested pation imaginable to me ; and in ...
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... perfon , fhe would not reveal her name . Upon carrying it to the window , she was very agreeably furprised to find there was nothing within the lid but a little looking - glafs , in which after fhe had viewed her own face with more ...
... perfon , fhe would not reveal her name . Upon carrying it to the window , she was very agreeably furprised to find there was nothing within the lid but a little looking - glafs , in which after fhe had viewed her own face with more ...
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... perfon , is reprefented in very lively colours . Several of the French , Italian , and English poets have given a loofe to their imaginations in the defcription of angels : But I do not remember to have met with any fo finely drawn ...
... perfon , is reprefented in very lively colours . Several of the French , Italian , and English poets have given a loofe to their imaginations in the defcription of angels : But I do not remember to have met with any fo finely drawn ...
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... perfon I ever could prevail upon myself to lay it before . When I tell you I have a healthy vigorous conftitution , a plentiful estate , no inordinate defires , and am married to a virtuous lovely woman , who neither wants wit nor good ...
... perfon I ever could prevail upon myself to lay it before . When I tell you I have a healthy vigorous conftitution , a plentiful estate , no inordinate defires , and am married to a virtuous lovely woman , who neither wants wit nor good ...
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Adam Æneid affurance alfo angels arife bagnio beautiful becauſe behaviour character chearful chearfulneſs circumftances confequence confider confideration converfation defcribed defcription defign defire difcourfe dreffed faid fame fatire fays fecond fecret feems felf felves fenfe fent fentiments feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething foon fpeak fpirit ftill fubject fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n hiftory himſelf honeft honour houſe humble fervant imagination inftances itſelf juft Jupiter lady laft laſt lefs loft look mafter mankind manner Menippus Milton mind modeft moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature never night obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poem poet prefent raiſe reader reafon reft reprefented rife ſhall ſhe Sir ROGER ſpeak SPECTATOR tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe Virg virtue whofe whole worfe