The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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Page 17
... present war , has , it seems , brought so little honour and advantage to their great mon- arch , that he is resolved to trust his affairs no longer in the hands of those military gentlemen . The regulations of this new academy very much ...
... present war , has , it seems , brought so little honour and advantage to their great mon- arch , that he is resolved to trust his affairs no longer in the hands of those military gentlemen . The regulations of this new academy very much ...
Page 180
... presents the shape of the letters ; but habit makes us do it mechanically , without staying , like children , to re ... present enter into it any further ; but the author of the following letter has treated it in the essay he speaks of ...
... presents the shape of the letters ; but habit makes us do it mechanically , without staying , like children , to re ... present enter into it any further ; but the author of the following letter has treated it in the essay he speaks of ...
Page 220
... present , I am sure , no way below your Asteria for conjugal affection : but I see the behaviour of some women so little suited to the circumstances wherein my wife and I shall soon be , that it is with a reluctance , I never knew ...
... present , I am sure , no way below your Asteria for conjugal affection : but I see the behaviour of some women so little suited to the circumstances wherein my wife and I shall soon be , that it is with a reluctance , I never knew ...
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