The British Essayists: The SpectatorLittle, Brown, 1866 |
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Page 27
... fancy , from the extravagant price it bore , that there must be something in it very for- midable . I must confess that , happening to get a sight of * The book here mentioned was bought by Walter Clavel , Esq . , at the auction of the ...
... fancy , from the extravagant price it bore , that there must be something in it very for- midable . I must confess that , happening to get a sight of * The book here mentioned was bought by Walter Clavel , Esq . , at the auction of the ...
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... fancy that they have more in them than they really have . As for those persons who have any scheme of religious worship , I am for treating such with the utmost tenderness , and should endeavour to show them their errors with the ...
... fancy that they have more in them than they really have . As for those persons who have any scheme of religious worship , I am for treating such with the utmost tenderness , and should endeavour to show them their errors with the ...
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... fancy soars , And claims the ministry of heavenly powers . P. ARB . TRANSFORMATION OF FIDELIO INTO A LOOKING - GLASS . " MR . SPECTATOR , " I WAS lately at tea - table , where some young ladies entertained the company with a relation of ...
... fancy soars , And claims the ministry of heavenly powers . P. ARB . TRANSFORMATION OF FIDELIO INTO A LOOKING - GLASS . " MR . SPECTATOR , " I WAS lately at tea - table , where some young ladies entertained the company with a relation of ...
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ask its advice very often . This whimsical thought worked so much upon my fancy the whole evening , that it produced a very odd dream . " Methought that , as I stood before my glass , the image of a youth of an open , ingenuous aspect ...
ask its advice very often . This whimsical thought worked so much upon my fancy the whole evening , that it produced a very odd dream . " Methought that , as I stood before my glass , the image of a youth of an open , ingenuous aspect ...
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... fancy , the least alteration I knew was fit and sufficient to draw that fancy to some other subject . You have chosen me from a low estate to be your queen and companion , far beyond my desert or desire . If , then , you found me worthy ...
... fancy , the least alteration I knew was fit and sufficient to draw that fancy to some other subject . You have chosen me from a low estate to be your queen and companion , far beyond my desert or desire . If , then , you found me worthy ...
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