The Spectator, Volume 5J. Tonson, 1729 - English essays |
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... faid , after a Man has heard a Story with extraordinary Circumstances , It is a very good one if it be true : But as for the following Relation , I should be glad were I sure it were false . It is told with such Simplicity , and there ...
... faid , after a Man has heard a Story with extraordinary Circumstances , It is a very good one if it be true : But as for the following Relation , I should be glad were I sure it were false . It is told with such Simplicity , and there ...
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... faid , that the Ladies of Chili always dress their Heads over a Bafon of Water .. I am the more particular in my Account of WILL'S laft Night's Lecture on these natural Mirrors , as it seems to bear fome Relation to the following Letter ...
... faid , that the Ladies of Chili always dress their Heads over a Bafon of Water .. I am the more particular in my Account of WILL'S laft Night's Lecture on these natural Mirrors , as it seems to bear fome Relation to the following Letter ...
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... faid nothing of her in his Chronicle . WE were then convey'd to the two Coronation - Chairs , where my old Friend , after having heard that the Stone underneath the most ancient of them , which was brought from Scotland , was called ...
... faid nothing of her in his Chronicle . WE were then convey'd to the two Coronation - Chairs , where my old Friend , after having heard that the Stone underneath the most ancient of them , which was brought from Scotland , was called ...
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... faid Sir ROGER , was the Committee , which I should not have gone to neither , had not I been told before - hand that it was a good Church - of- England Comedy . He then proceeded to enquire of me who this distressed Mother was ; and ...
... faid Sir ROGER , was the Committee , which I should not have gone to neither , had not I been told before - hand that it was a good Church - of- England Comedy . He then proceeded to enquire of me who this distressed Mother was ; and ...
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... faid , I am young , and ye are very old , wherefore I was afraid , and durst not shew you mine Opinion . I faid , Days should speak , and Multitude of Years should teach Wisdom . But there is a Spirit in Man ; and the Inspiration of ...
... faid , I am young , and ye are very old , wherefore I was afraid , and durst not shew you mine Opinion . I faid , Days should speak , and Multitude of Years should teach Wisdom . But there is a Spirit in Man ; and the Inspiration of ...
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