The Spectator, Volume 3Tonson, 1739 |
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... , if , after what I have faid , I should longer detain You with an Addrefs of this Nature : I cannot , however , conclude it NOTATO JA without ' 3 without owning those great Ob- ligations which You have laid The Dedication .
... , if , after what I have faid , I should longer detain You with an Addrefs of this Nature : I cannot , however , conclude it NOTATO JA without ' 3 without owning those great Ob- ligations which You have laid The Dedication .
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... should be held honourable to those who are endowed with them , without any Regard how they are applied : The Gifts of Nature and Accomplishments of Art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the Interests of Virtue , or go- verned by ...
... should be held honourable to those who are endowed with them , without any Regard how they are applied : The Gifts of Nature and Accomplishments of Art are valuable , but as they are exerted in the Interests of Virtue , or go- verned by ...
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... should spoil most of the Faces in the County ; and that a Warwickbire Man will be known by his Grinn , as Roman- Catholicks imagine a Kentih Man is by his Tail . The Gold Ring which is made the Prize of Deformity , is just the Reverse ...
... should spoil most of the Faces in the County ; and that a Warwickbire Man will be known by his Grinn , as Roman- Catholicks imagine a Kentih Man is by his Tail . The Gold Ring which is made the Prize of Deformity , is just the Reverse ...
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... we do not love them enough ; that is , the poor Things love us fo heartily , that they cannot think " " 6 6 . " · x • it poffible we should be able to B 5 it No 176 . 33 The SPECTATOR . N° 176. Friday, September 21. ...
... we do not love them enough ; that is , the poor Things love us fo heartily , that they cannot think " " 6 6 . " · x • it poffible we should be able to B 5 it No 176 . 33 The SPECTATOR . N° 176. Friday, September 21. ...
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· x • it poffible we should be able to love them in fo great a Degree , which makes them take on fo . I fay , Sir , a true good - natured Man , whom Rakes and Libertines call Hen peckt , shall fall into all these different Moods with ...
· x • it poffible we should be able to love them in fo great a Degree , which makes them take on fo . I fay , Sir , a true good - natured Man , whom Rakes and Libertines call Hen peckt , shall fall into all these different Moods with ...
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