The Spectator: Corrected from the Originals, Volume 5George B. Whittaker, 1827 |
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... town . I am one of your best friends in this house , and have laid a wager , you are so candid a man and so honest a fellow , that you will print this letter , though it is in recom- mendation of a new paper called The Historian . I ...
... town . I am one of your best friends in this house , and have laid a wager , you are so candid a man and so honest a fellow , that you will print this letter , though it is in recom- mendation of a new paper called The Historian . I ...
Page 96
... town come readily into , being resolved to strike while the iron was hot , I produced much about the same time the scallap flap , the knotted cravat , and made a fair push for the silver - clocked stocking . A few months after I brought ...
... town come readily into , being resolved to strike while the iron was hot , I produced much about the same time the scallap flap , the knotted cravat , and made a fair push for the silver - clocked stocking . A few months after I brought ...
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... town ; and though I say it , keep as good things , and receive as fine company , as any of this end of the town , let the other be who she will . In short , I am in a fair way to be easy , were it not for a club of female rakes , who ...
... town ; and though I say it , keep as good things , and receive as fine company , as any of this end of the town , let the other be who she will . In short , I am in a fair way to be easy , were it not for a club of female rakes , who ...
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