The Spectator, Volume 1George Washington Greene J.B. Lippincott Company, 1880 |
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... never open my lips but in my own club . Thus I live in the world rather as a Spectator of mankind than as one of the species ; by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman , soldier , merchant , and artizan , without ever ...
... never open my lips but in my own club . Thus I live in the world rather as a Spectator of mankind than as one of the species ; by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman , soldier , merchant , and artizan , without ever ...
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George Washington Greene. he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse , which , in his merry humours , he tells us ...
George Washington Greene. he grew careless of himself , and never dressed afterwards He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse , which , in his merry humours , he tells us ...
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... never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly confess that he left the world , because he was not fit for it . A strict honesty , and an even regular behaviour , are in themselves obstacles to him that must press through crowds ...
... never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly confess that he left the world , because he was not fit for it . A strict honesty , and an even regular behaviour , are in themselves obstacles to him that must press through crowds ...
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... never seen , ' with the genius of Great Britain . At the first entrance the lady revived ; the bags swelled to their former bulk ; the pile of faggots , and heaps of The Elector of Hanover - afterwards George I - C . V. Freeholder No. 2 ...
... never seen , ' with the genius of Great Britain . At the first entrance the lady revived ; the bags swelled to their former bulk ; the pile of faggots , and heaps of The Elector of Hanover - afterwards George I - C . V. Freeholder No. 2 ...
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... never come single . ' My friend , I found , acted but an under part at his table , and being a man of more good - nature than understanding , thinks himself obliged to fall in with all the passions and humours of his yoke - fellow ...
... never come single . ' My friend , I found , acted but an under part at his table , and being a man of more good - nature than understanding , thinks himself obliged to fall in with all the passions and humours of his yoke - fellow ...
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