The Spectator, Volume 3W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... prefent at this great controverfy of faces , in order to make a collection of the most remarkable grins that shall be there exhibited . I must not here omit an account which I lately re- ceived of one of these grinning - matches from a ...
... prefent at this great controverfy of faces , in order to make a collection of the most remarkable grins that shall be there exhibited . I must not here omit an account which I lately re- ceived of one of these grinning - matches from a ...
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... pre- fent troubles , which you are the more obliged to af- fift me in , as you were yourself in a great measure the cause of them , by recommending to us an inftrument , and not inftructing us at the fame time how to play upon it ...
... pre- fent troubles , which you are the more obliged to af- fift me in , as you were yourself in a great measure the cause of them , by recommending to us an inftrument , and not inftructing us at the fame time how to play upon it ...
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... prefent cor- refpondent . The beft rule I can lay down for them to avoid the like calamities for the future , is thoroughly to confider not only " whether their companions are " weak , " but " whether themselves are wits . " The ...
... prefent cor- refpondent . The beft rule I can lay down for them to avoid the like calamities for the future , is thoroughly to confider not only " whether their companions are " weak , " but " whether themselves are wits . " The ...
Page 58
... prefent for cravats . I was very glad of this laft circumftance , because I could very confcientioufly fwear againft him that he ⚫ had enticed my fervant away , and was her accomplice in robbing me : I procured a warrant against him ac ...
... prefent for cravats . I was very glad of this laft circumftance , because I could very confcientioufly fwear againft him that he ⚫ had enticed my fervant away , and was her accomplice in robbing me : I procured a warrant against him ac ...
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... prefent her naked to mens eyes . HESIOD . FABLES were the firft pieces of wit that made their appearance in the world , and have been ftill highly valued not only in times of the greateft fimplicity , but among the most polite ages of ...
... prefent her naked to mens eyes . HESIOD . FABLES were the firft pieces of wit that made their appearance in the world , and have been ftill highly valued not only in times of the greateft fimplicity , but among the most polite ages of ...
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