The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 - English essays |
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Page 44
... told me t'other night , that he had been reading my paper upon West- minster - abbey ' , in which , says he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he observed I had promised another paper upon ...
... told me t'other night , that he had been reading my paper upon West- minster - abbey ' , in which , says he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the same time , that he observed I had promised another paper upon ...
Page 45
... told me that he knew I should not like it at first , but that it was the best thing in the world against the stone or gravel . I could have wished indeed that he had acquaint- ed me with the virtues of it sooner ; but it was too late to ...
... told me that he knew I should not like it at first , but that it was the best thing in the world against the stone or gravel . I could have wished indeed that he had acquaint- ed me with the virtues of it sooner ; but it was too late to ...
Page 325
... told me , it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house in the country , which his chaplain used to call an aviary of nightingales . You must understand , ' says the knight , ' there is nothing in the world that pleases a man in ...
... told me , it put him in mind of a little coppice by his house in the country , which his chaplain used to call an aviary of nightingales . You must understand , ' says the knight , ' there is nothing in the world that pleases a man in ...
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