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 musing over one of the fondest 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 musing over one of the fondest 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 perused your speculation upon that subject . I scarce 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 perused your speculation upon that subject . I scarce 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 seriousness , that his heart had been long engaged to one whose name he thought himself ob- liged in honour to conceal ; but that he could shew her picture ১ picture in the lid of his snuff box . The 18 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
... ordinary seriousness , that his heart had been long engaged to one whose name he thought himself ob- liged in honour to conceal ; but that he could shew her picture ১ picture in the lid of his snuff box . The 18 N ° 325 THE SPECTATOR .
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، thoughts , whether there may not also be some mo- ⚫ral couched under that place in the fame book where ⚫ the ... thought , and laid me down On the green bank , to look into the clear Smooth lake , that to me feem'd another sky ...
، thoughts , whether there may not also be some mo- ⚫ral couched under that place in the fame book where ⚫ the ... thought , and laid me down On the green bank , to look into the clear Smooth lake , that to me feem'd another sky ...
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