The Spectator, Volume 5W. Wilson, 1778 |
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Page 88
... fince , after the tragedy of Phedra and Hippolitus ; with a great many others , in which the authors have endeavoured to make ' the audience merry . If they have not all fucceeded fo ' well as the writer of this , they have however ...
... fince , after the tragedy of Phedra and Hippolitus ; with a great many others , in which the authors have endeavoured to make ' the audience merry . If they have not all fucceeded fo ' well as the writer of this , they have however ...
Page 201
... fince you left your native coun- try , that I am to tell you the characters of your near- ⚫ eft relations as much as if you were an utter ftranger to them . The occafion of this is to give you an ac count of the death of madam de ...
... fince you left your native coun- try , that I am to tell you the characters of your near- ⚫ eft relations as much as if you were an utter ftranger to them . The occafion of this is to give you an ac count of the death of madam de ...
Page 265
... fince I was able only to promife and prefage its future glo- ries and fucceffes , from the good appearances of things , and the happy turn our affairs Legan to take ; and could not then count up the victories and tri- umphs , that , for ...
... fince I was able only to promife and prefage its future glo- ries and fucceffes , from the good appearances of things , and the happy turn our affairs Legan to take ; and could not then count up the victories and tri- umphs , that , for ...
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