The Spectator: With Notes and a General Index, Volumes 1-2J. J. Woodward, 1832 - 895 pages |
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... talk these things of you ; and you cannot hide from us ( by the most discreet silence in any thing which regards yourself ) that the frank entertainment we in little incidents of mirth and diversion , and general complacency of manners ...
... talk these things of you ; and you cannot hide from us ( by the most discreet silence in any thing which regards yourself ) that the frank entertainment we in little incidents of mirth and diversion , and general complacency of manners ...
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... talking of his , very much enlivens the conversation amongst us of a more sedate turn ; and I find there is not one of ... talk excuse generals , for not disposing according to men's desert , or inquiring into it ; for , says he , that ...
... talking of his , very much enlivens the conversation amongst us of a more sedate turn ; and I find there is not one of ... talk excuse generals , for not disposing according to men's desert , or inquiring into it ; for , says he , that ...
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... talking sentences , as in his ordinary gesture he discovers he can dance , though he does not cut capers . In a word , I shall take it for the greatest glory of my work , if among reasonable women this paper may furnish tea - table talk ...
... talking sentences , as in his ordinary gesture he discovers he can dance , though he does not cut capers . In a word , I shall take it for the greatest glory of my work , if among reasonable women this paper may furnish tea - table talk ...
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... My dear , ' says she , turning to her husband , you may now see the stranger that was in the candle last night . ' Soon after this , as they began to talk of as from real evils . I have known the shoot- 26 [ No. 7 . THE SPECTATOR .
... My dear , ' says she , turning to her husband , you may now see the stranger that was in the candle last night . ' Soon after this , as they began to talk of as from real evils . I have known the shoot- 26 [ No. 7 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... talk of , till about twelve o'clock in the morning ; for by that time they are pretty good judges of the weather , know which way the wind sits , and whether the Dutch mail be come in . As they lie at the mercy of the first man they ...
... talk of , till about twelve o'clock in the morning ; for by that time they are pretty good judges of the weather , know which way the wind sits , and whether the Dutch mail be come in . As they lie at the mercy of the first man they ...
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