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Page 188
... lately received the following letter from a country gentleman : Mr. Spectator , THE night before I left London I went to see a play , called the Humorous Lieutenant . Upon the rising of the curtain . I was very much surprised with the ...
... lately received the following letter from a country gentleman : Mr. Spectator , THE night before I left London I went to see a play , called the Humorous Lieutenant . Upon the rising of the curtain . I was very much surprised with the ...
Page 189
... lately returned from his travels , has more than once assured me , namely , That there was lately dug up at Rome the statue of a Momus , who holds an instrument in his right hand very much resembling our modern cat- call . • There are ...
... lately returned from his travels , has more than once assured me , namely , That there was lately dug up at Rome the statue of a Momus , who holds an instrument in his right hand very much resembling our modern cat- call . • There are ...
Page 286
... lately come out . My Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has just now published some sermons , the preface to which seems to me to deter- mine a great point . He has , like a good man and a good christian , in opposition to all the flattery and ...
... lately come out . My Lord Bishop of St. Asaph has just now published some sermons , the preface to which seems to me to deter- mine a great point . He has , like a good man and a good christian , in opposition to all the flattery and ...
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