The British Essayists: SpectatorC. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... body of acrostics , made up of very disproportioned persons . It was disposed into three columns , the officers planting themselves in a line on the left hand of each column . The of- ficers were all of them at least six feet high , and ...
... body of acrostics , made up of very disproportioned persons . It was disposed into three columns , the officers planting themselves in a line on the left hand of each column . The of- ficers were all of them at least six feet high , and ...
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... bodies of forces which I had before seen in the temple , who were now drawn up in array , and prepared to give their ... body , with a design to stand upon their guard as neuters , and attend the issue of the combat . I must here inform ...
... bodies of forces which I had before seen in the temple , who were now drawn up in array , and prepared to give their ... body , with a design to stand upon their guard as neuters , and attend the issue of the combat . I must here inform ...
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... body . I have bestowed two months in teaching her to sigh when she is not concerned , and to smile when she is not pleased , and am ashamed to own she makes little or no improvement . Then she is no more able now to walk than she was to ...
... body . I have bestowed two months in teaching her to sigh when she is not concerned , and to smile when she is not pleased , and am ashamed to own she makes little or no improvement . Then she is no more able now to walk than she was to ...
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... bodies . It is from this that you shall see a young lady celebrated and admired in all the assemblies about town , when her elder brother is afraid to come into a room . From this ill management it arises , that we frequently observe a ...
... bodies . It is from this that you shall see a young lady celebrated and admired in all the assemblies about town , when her elder brother is afraid to come into a room . From this ill management it arises , that we frequently observe a ...
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... body , or the body express the virtues of the mind . Cleomira dances with all the elegance of motion imaginable ; but her eyes are so chastised with the simplicity and innocence of her thoughts , that she raises in her beholders ...
... body , or the body express the virtues of the mind . Cleomira dances with all the elegance of motion imaginable ; but her eyes are so chastised with the simplicity and innocence of her thoughts , that she raises in her beholders ...
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