The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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... fome future Paper . I am , 6 . SIR , Dear Mr. SPECTATOR , I Your faithful Friend , Mary Heartfree . Have a Sot of a Husband that lives a very scandalous Life , and wastes away his Body and Fortune in • Debaucheries ; and is immoveable ...
... fome future Paper . I am , 6 . SIR , Dear Mr. SPECTATOR , I Your faithful Friend , Mary Heartfree . Have a Sot of a Husband that lives a very scandalous Life , and wastes away his Body and Fortune in • Debaucheries ; and is immoveable ...
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... fome in Profperity ; fome in a private , and others in a pub- lick Capacity . But the great Sovereign of the World be- holds every Perfection in its Obfcurity , and not only fees what we do , but what we would do . He views our Be ...
... fome in Profperity ; fome in a private , and others in a pub- lick Capacity . But the great Sovereign of the World be- holds every Perfection in its Obfcurity , and not only fees what we do , but what we would do . He views our Be ...
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... fome have taken to his Poem upon this Ac- count ; tho ' after all , I must confefs that I think his Stile , tho ' admirable in general , is in fome places too much stiffened and obfcured by the frequent Use of those Methods , which ...
... fome have taken to his Poem upon this Ac- count ; tho ' after all , I must confefs that I think his Stile , tho ' admirable in general , is in fome places too much stiffened and obfcured by the frequent Use of those Methods , which ...
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