The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... these five days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the working upon the violet - leaf , which I am resolved to • finish the first day I am at leifure . As for Mr. Froth and Veny , I did not think they took up fo much of my time ...
... these five days that I can thoroughly approve of , except the working upon the violet - leaf , which I am resolved to • finish the first day I am at leifure . As for Mr. Froth and Veny , I did not think they took up fo much of my time ...
Page 194
... these pines his voice " I heard ; here with him at this fountain talk'd :. " So many grateful altars I would rear " Of graffy turf , and pile up every stone " Of luftre from the brook , in memory " Or monuments to ages , and thereon ...
... these pines his voice " I heard ; here with him at this fountain talk'd :. " So many grateful altars I would rear " Of graffy turf , and pile up every stone " Of luftre from the brook , in memory " Or monuments to ages , and thereon ...
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... these three causes we affign it ; they have been fo preffed by this laft argument from the general confent of man- kind , that after great fearch and pains they pretend to have found out a nation of atheists , I mean that polite people ...
... these three causes we affign it ; they have been fo preffed by this laft argument from the general confent of man- kind , that after great fearch and pains they pretend to have found out a nation of atheists , I mean that polite people ...
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