The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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Page 16
... gave the men to their wives , and received the duke into his favour . " The ladies did not a little triumph at this story , asking us at the same time , whether in our consciences we believed that the men of any town in Great Britain ...
... gave the men to their wives , and received the duke into his favour . " The ladies did not a little triumph at this story , asking us at the same time , whether in our consciences we believed that the men of any town in Great Britain ...
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... gave the reader an opportunity of exerting his own talents . This oblique manner of giving advice is so inoffensive , that if we look into ancient histories , we find the wise men of old very often chose1 to give counsel to their kings ...
... gave the reader an opportunity of exerting his own talents . This oblique manner of giving advice is so inoffensive , that if we look into ancient histories , we find the wise men of old very often chose1 to give counsel to their kings ...
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... gave us such an idea of our good old friend , that upon the reading of it , there was not a dry eye in the club . 1 The poor butler's manner . ] As if that manner was not the very thing that melts us . There is a little vanity in this ...
... gave us such an idea of our good old friend , that upon the reading of it , there was not a dry eye in the club . 1 The poor butler's manner . ] As if that manner was not the very thing that melts us . There is a little vanity in this ...
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... gave a subject to the writer , I have been entertained with the exploits of a river - god , or have been forced to attend a fury in her mischievous progress from one end of the poem to the other . When we are at school , it is necessary ...
... gave a subject to the writer , I have been entertained with the exploits of a river - god , or have been forced to attend a fury in her mischievous progress from one end of the poem to the other . When we are at school , it is necessary ...
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... gave me time to return her salute , before she quitted the shop with an easy skuttle , and stepped again into her coach , giving the footman directions to drive where they were bid . Upon her departure , my bookseller gave me a letter ...
... gave me time to return her salute , before she quitted the shop with an easy skuttle , and stepped again into her coach , giving the footman directions to drive where they were bid . Upon her departure , my bookseller gave me a letter ...
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