“The” Spectator: With Historical and Biographical Preface, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 2J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... appear in all public places where she was sure to meet Brunetta : Brunetta was now prepared for the insult , and came to a public ball in a plain black silk mantua , attended by a beautiful negro girl in a petticoat of the same brocade ...
... appear in all public places where she was sure to meet Brunetta : Brunetta was now prepared for the insult , and came to a public ball in a plain black silk mantua , attended by a beautiful negro girl in a petticoat of the same brocade ...
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... appear improbable to those who live at a distance from the fashionable world ; but as it is a distinc- tion of a very singular nature , and what perhaps may never meet with a parallel , I think I should not have discharged the office of ...
... appear improbable to those who live at a distance from the fashionable world ; but as it is a distinc- tion of a very singular nature , and what perhaps may never meet with a parallel , I think I should not have discharged the office of ...
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... appear more perfect than when it came fresh from the mas- ter's pencil . I could not forbear looking upon the face of this ancient workman , and immediately , by the long lock of hair upon his forehead , discovered him to be Time ...
... appear more perfect than when it came fresh from the mas- ter's pencil . I could not forbear looking upon the face of this ancient workman , and immediately , by the long lock of hair upon his forehead , discovered him to be Time ...
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... appear dreams , or short intervals of amusement , from this one afflic- tion which has seized my very being . Pardon me , oh Pharamond , if my griefs give me leave , that I lay before you , in the anguish of a wounded mind , that you ...
... appear dreams , or short intervals of amusement , from this one afflic- tion which has seized my very being . Pardon me , oh Pharamond , if my griefs give me leave , that I lay before you , in the anguish of a wounded mind , that you ...
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... appears , And with sonorous trifles charms our ears . FRANCIS . Ir is the custom of the Mahometans , if they see any ... appear ; for as no mortal author , in the ordinary fate and vicissitude of things , knows to what use his works may ...
... appears , And with sonorous trifles charms our ears . FRANCIS . Ir is the custom of the Mahometans , if they see any ... appear ; for as no mortal author , in the ordinary fate and vicissitude of things , knows to what use his works may ...
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