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... , and I soon saw that his was love . I then turned to my common - place - book , and found his case under the word Coquette ; and reading over 6 6 the catalogue which I have collected out of this 6 NO . 107 . TATLER .
... , and I soon saw that his was love . I then turned to my common - place - book , and found his case under the word Coquette ; and reading over 6 6 the catalogue which I have collected out of this 6 NO . 107 . TATLER .
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... common words . ' I smiled at his raillery upon him- self , though I well saw it came from a heavy heart . ' You are , ' said I , ' acquainted , to be sure , with some of the general officers : suppose you made a campaign ? ' If I did ...
... common words . ' I smiled at his raillery upon him- self , though I well saw it came from a heavy heart . ' You are , ' said I , ' acquainted , to be sure , with some of the general officers : suppose you made a campaign ? ' If I did ...
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... common one , as a soldier , who is per- fect in exercise , does from one that is actually in service . This grief , like all other , is to be cured only by time ; and although you are convinced this moment as much as you will be ten ...
... common one , as a soldier , who is per- fect in exercise , does from one that is actually in service . This grief , like all other , is to be cured only by time ; and although you are convinced this moment as much as you will be ten ...
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... this case is often a suspicious circumstance : and there is no- thing so common as to have a lady say , I hope she has heard nothing of what I said of her , that she · grows so great with me ! But indeed my 20 NO . 109 . TATLER .
... this case is often a suspicious circumstance : and there is no- thing so common as to have a lady say , I hope she has heard nothing of what I said of her , that she · grows so great with me ! But indeed my 20 NO . 109 . TATLER .
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... common sense , and propagate infidelity . These are the wretches , who , without any show of wit , learning , or reason , publish their crude conceptions with the ambition of appearing more wise than the rest of mankind , upon no other ...
... common sense , and propagate infidelity . These are the wretches , who , without any show of wit , learning , or reason , publish their crude conceptions with the ambition of appearing more wise than the rest of mankind , upon no other ...
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