The Spectator, Volume 6J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 17
... Town for carrying a Billet ; the Fel- low has a thin Body , fwift Step , demure Looks , fufficient Senfe , and knows the Town . This Man carried Cynthio's firft Letter to Flavia , and by frequent Errands ever fince , is well known to ...
... Town for carrying a Billet ; the Fel- low has a thin Body , fwift Step , demure Looks , fufficient Senfe , and knows the Town . This Man carried Cynthio's firft Letter to Flavia , and by frequent Errands ever fince , is well known to ...
Page 58
I entertained the Town for a Week together among us . with an Effay upon Wit , in which I endeavoured to detect feveral of thofe falfe kinds which have been admir- ed in the different Ages of the World ; and ... Town for a Week together ...
I entertained the Town for a Week together among us . with an Effay upon Wit , in which I endeavoured to detect feveral of thofe falfe kinds which have been admir- ed in the different Ages of the World ; and ... Town for a Week together ...
Page 128
... Town , fhe offends no one Body in it . She is fo exquifitely reftlefs and peevifh , that fhe quarrels with all about her , and fometimes in a Freak will inftantly change her Habitation . To indulge this Humour , fhe is led about the ...
... Town , fhe offends no one Body in it . She is fo exquifitely reftlefs and peevifh , that fhe quarrels with all about her , and fometimes in a Freak will inftantly change her Habitation . To indulge this Humour , fhe is led about the ...
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