The Spectator, Volume 5Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... told me t'other night , that he had been reading my Paper upon Weftminster Abbey * , in which , fays he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the fame time , that he obferved I had promised another Pa- per upon the ...
... told me t'other night , that he had been reading my Paper upon Weftminster Abbey * , in which , fays he , there are a great many ingenious fancies . He told me at the fame time , that he obferved I had promised another Pa- per upon the ...
Page 65
... told before - hand that it was a good church of England comedy . He then proceeded to enquire of me who this DISTREST MOTHER was ; and upon hearing that she was Hector's widow , he told me that her husband was a brave man , and that ...
... told before - hand that it was a good church of England comedy . He then proceeded to enquire of me who this DISTREST MOTHER was ; and upon hearing that she was Hector's widow , he told me that her husband was a brave man , and that ...
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... told me was not in his power to grant me . I then begg'd , that into whatever creature I should chance to tranfmigrate , I fhould ftill retain my me mory , and be confcious that I was the fame perfon who lived in different animals ...
... told me was not in his power to grant me . I then begg'd , that into whatever creature I should chance to tranfmigrate , I fhould ftill retain my me mory , and be confcious that I was the fame perfon who lived in different animals ...
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