The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 126
... Hope , that it is hard to say which they ra- ther deferve , our Pity or Contempt . It is not un- pleafant to fee a Fellow , after grown old in Atten- dance , and after having paffed half a Life in Servi- tude , call himself the ...
... Hope , that it is hard to say which they ra- ther deferve , our Pity or Contempt . It is not un- pleafant to fee a Fellow , after grown old in Atten- dance , and after having paffed half a Life in Servi- tude , call himself the ...
Page 249
... Hope you will not think it is any manner of Dif- refpect to your Perfon or Merit , that the intended " Nuptials betwen us are interrupted . My Father fays he has a much better Offer for me than you can make , " and has order'd me to ...
... Hope you will not think it is any manner of Dif- refpect to your Perfon or Merit , that the intended " Nuptials betwen us are interrupted . My Father fays he has a much better Offer for me than you can make , " and has order'd me to ...
Page 275
... hope for a favourable Ac ceptance ; and if Time be the most irretrievable Lofs , the Regrets which follow will be thought , I hope , the moft juftifiable . The regaining of my Liberty from a long State of Indolence and Inactivity , and ...
... hope for a favourable Ac ceptance ; and if Time be the most irretrievable Lofs , the Regrets which follow will be thought , I hope , the moft juftifiable . The regaining of my Liberty from a long State of Indolence and Inactivity , and ...
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