The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... best , What order , So contriv'd , as not to mix Tastes , not well join'd , inelegant , but bring Taste after taste , upheld with kindliest obange ; Bestirs her then , & c . Though in this , and other parts of the fame book , the ...
... best , What order , So contriv'd , as not to mix Tastes , not well join'd , inelegant , but bring Taste after taste , upheld with kindliest obange ; Bestirs her then , & c . Though in this , and other parts of the fame book , the ...
Page 34
... best burgundy and champaign . Coffee , cho- * colate , green , imperial , peco , and bohea - tea seem to • be trifles ; but when the proper appurtenances of the • tea - table are added , they swell the account higher than one would ...
... best burgundy and champaign . Coffee , cho- * colate , green , imperial , peco , and bohea - tea seem to • be trifles ; but when the proper appurtenances of the • tea - table are added , they swell the account higher than one would ...
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... best thing in the world against the ftone or gravel . I could have wished indeed that he had acquainted me with the virtues of it sooner ; but it was too late to com- plain , and I knew what he had done was out of good- will . Sir ROGER ...
... best thing in the world against the ftone or gravel . I could have wished indeed that he had acquainted me with the virtues of it sooner ; but it was too late to com- plain , and I knew what he had done was out of good- will . Sir ROGER ...
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... best Virginia . Nothing material happened in the remaining part of our journey , till we were fet down at the weft end of the Abbey.040 As we went up the body of the church , the knight pointed at the trophies upon one of the new ...
... best Virginia . Nothing material happened in the remaining part of our journey , till we were fet down at the weft end of the Abbey.040 As we went up the body of the church , the knight pointed at the trophies upon one of the new ...
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... best an indifferent thing , and generally a frivolous circumstance ) shews the ill consequence of fuch prepof feffions . What I mean , is the art , skill , accomplishment , or whatever you will call it , of dancing . I knew a gen ...
... best an indifferent thing , and generally a frivolous circumstance ) shews the ill consequence of fuch prepof feffions . What I mean , is the art , skill , accomplishment , or whatever you will call it , of dancing . I knew a gen ...
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Adam Æneid agreeable alſo angels anſwer appear beautiful becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe character chearfulness confider confideration converſation defire deſcribed deſcription deſign diſcourſe endeavour eſteem eyes faid fame fays feveral fince firſt parents fome foon fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n Homer honour houſe humble fervant imagination inſtances itſelf juſt lady laſt leſs live look mankind manner maſter Menippus Milton mind miſtreſs Mohocks moſt myſelf nature neſs never night obſerve occafion Ovid paffion particular paſſage paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poem poet preſent raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſpect riſe ſame ſays ſcene ſchool ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſentiments ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir ROGER ſome ſpeak SPECTATOR ſpeculation ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſurpriſe tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe verſe Virg virtue whole whoſe