The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... 23 . THE watchman , who does me particular honours , as being the chief man in the lane , gave so very great a thump at my door last night , that I awakened at the knock , and heard myself complimented with the D3 NO . 111 . 29 TATLER .
... 23 . THE watchman , who does me particular honours , as being the chief man in the lane , gave so very great a thump at my door last night , that I awakened at the knock , and heard myself complimented with the D3 NO . 111 . 29 TATLER .
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... night disposed me to be more than ordinarily serious ; and , as my attention was not drawn out among exterior objects by the avocations of sense , my thoughts naturally fell upon myself . I was considering , amidst the stillness of the ...
... night disposed me to be more than ordinarily serious ; and , as my attention was not drawn out among exterior objects by the avocations of sense , my thoughts naturally fell upon myself . I was considering , amidst the stillness of the ...
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... night long . And then they say , no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike , No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time . " This admirable author , as ...
... night long . And then they say , no spirit dares stir abroad : The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike , No fairy takes ; no witch hath power to charm ; So hallow'd and so gracious is the time . " This admirable author , as ...
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... night , expecting my coming home with impatience ; and , at my entrance , never fail of running up to me , and bidding me welcome , each of them in his proper language . As they have been bred up to- gether from their infancy , and seen ...
... night , expecting my coming home with impatience ; and , at my entrance , never fail of running up to me , and bidding me welcome , each of them in his proper language . As they have been bred up to- gether from their infancy , and seen ...
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... night in the side - boxes of the play- house . A sword with a steel diamond hilt , never drawn but once at May - fair . Six clean packs of cards , a quart of orange- flower - water , a pair of French scissors , a toothpick- case , and ...
... night in the side - boxes of the play- house . A sword with a steel diamond hilt , never drawn but once at May - fair . Six clean packs of cards , a quart of orange- flower - water , a pair of French scissors , a toothpick- case , and ...
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