The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... thought fit . I happened to be fitting in a little parlour which belonged to my own part of the house , and mufing over one of the fondeft of my husband's letters , in ⚫ which I always kept the certificate of my marriage , ⚫ when this ...
... thought fit . I happened to be fitting in a little parlour which belonged to my own part of the house , and mufing over one of the fondeft of my husband's letters , in ⚫ which I always kept the certificate of my marriage , ⚫ when this ...
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... thought of confidering • how I did it before I perufed your fpeculation upon that fubject . I fcarce find a fingle action in these five days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the working upon the violet - leaf , which I am ...
... thought of confidering • how I did it before I perufed your fpeculation upon that fubject . I fcarce find a fingle action in these five days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the working upon the violet - leaf , which I am ...
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... ordinary ferioufnefs , that his heart had been long engaged to one whofe name he thought himself obliged in honour to conceal ; but that he could fhew her picture picture in the lid of his fnuff box . The 18 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
... ordinary ferioufnefs , that his heart had been long engaged to one whofe name he thought himself obliged in honour to conceal ; but that he could fhew her picture picture in the lid of his fnuff box . The 18 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
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... thoughts , SIR , · thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome mo⚫ral N ° 325 19 THE SPECTATOR .
... thoughts , SIR , · thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome mo⚫ral N ° 325 19 THE SPECTATOR .
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thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome mo⚫ral couched under that place in the fame book where • the poet lets ... thought , and laid me down On the green bank , to look into the clear Smooth lake , that to me seem'd another sky ...
thoughts , whether there may not alfo be fome mo⚫ral couched under that place in the fame book where • the poet lets ... thought , and laid me down On the green bank , to look into the clear Smooth lake , that to me seem'd another sky ...
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