The British Essayists: TatlerAlexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 - English essays |
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... humour , that the poor girl , who attends you , curses her very being in that she is your servant , for the peevish things you say to her . When this poor creature is put into a way , that good or evil are regarded but as they relieve ...
... humour , that the poor girl , who attends you , curses her very being in that she is your servant , for the peevish things you say to her . When this poor creature is put into a way , that good or evil are regarded but as they relieve ...
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... humour , therefore hope you will do me , and as many others as were that day frighted , justice . I am , Sir , Your friend and servant . J. L. " * SIR , " The gentleman begs your pardon , and frighted you out of fear of frighting you ...
... humour , therefore hope you will do me , and as many others as were that day frighted , justice . I am , Sir , Your friend and servant . J. L. " * SIR , " The gentleman begs your pardon , and frighted you out of fear of frighting you ...
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... humour in its perfection , I shall present my reader with the legacy of a certain Vir- tuoso , who laid out a considerable estate in natural rarities and curiosities , which upon his death - bed he bequeathed to his relations and ...
... humour in its perfection , I shall present my reader with the legacy of a certain Vir- tuoso , who laid out a considerable estate in natural rarities and curiosities , which upon his death - bed he bequeathed to his relations and ...
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... humour . I went to spend an hour after this manner with some friends , who enjoy it in perfection whenever they meet , when those destroyers above - mentioned came in upon us . There is not a man among them N ° 219 . 43 TATLER .
... humour . I went to spend an hour after this manner with some friends , who enjoy it in perfection whenever they meet , when those destroyers above - mentioned came in upon us . There is not a man among them N ° 219 . 43 TATLER .
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... the history of Don Quixote utterly destroyed the spirit of gallantry in the Spanish nation ; and I be- lieve we may say much more truly , that the humour of ridicule has done as much injury to the true 44 N® 219 . TATLER .
... the history of Don Quixote utterly destroyed the spirit of gallantry in the Spanish nation ; and I be- lieve we may say much more truly , that the humour of ridicule has done as much injury to the true 44 N® 219 . TATLER .
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