The Spectator, Том 2J. and R. Tonson, 1739 - 313 страници |
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... what is valuable , in that Library where the Choice is fuch , that it will not be a Disparagement to be the meanest Author in it . Forgive me , my Lord , for taking this Occafion of telling all A 3 my The Dedication . • ...
... what is valuable , in that Library where the Choice is fuch , that it will not be a Disparagement to be the meanest Author in it . Forgive me , my Lord , for taking this Occafion of telling all A 3 my The Dedication . • ...
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my Lord , for taking this Occafion of telling all the World how ardent- ly I Love and Honour You ; and that I am , with the utmost Gratitude for all Your Favours , My LORD , Your Lordship's moft Obliged , moft Obedient , and moft Humble ...
my Lord , for taking this Occafion of telling all the World how ardent- ly I Love and Honour You ; and that I am , with the utmost Gratitude for all Your Favours , My LORD , Your Lordship's moft Obliged , moft Obedient , and moft Humble ...
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... tell ; but the next Night they came in fo great a Body to the Opera , that they out - number'd the Enemy . THIS Account of Party - Patches will , I am afraid , ap- pear improbable to thofe who live at a Distance from the fashionable ...
... tell ; but the next Night they came in fo great a Body to the Opera , that they out - number'd the Enemy . THIS Account of Party - Patches will , I am afraid , ap- pear improbable to thofe who live at a Distance from the fashionable ...
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... WHETHER it were because the Thread of my Dream was at an End I cannot tell , but upon my taking a Sur- vey of this imaginary old Man , my Sleep left me . C Wednesday , No 84. Wednesday , June 6 . Quis talia fando N ° 83 . 17 The SPECTATOR .
... WHETHER it were because the Thread of my Dream was at an End I cannot tell , but upon my taking a Sur- vey of this imaginary old Man , my Sleep left me . C Wednesday , No 84. Wednesday , June 6 . Quis talia fando N ° 83 . 17 The SPECTATOR .
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... tell the Landlady at the Bar , That my Lord Bishop fwore he would throw her out at Win- dow , if she did not bring up more Mild Beer , and that my Lord Duke would have a double Mug of Purle . My Sur- prise was increased , in hearing ...
... tell the Landlady at the Bar , That my Lord Bishop fwore he would throw her out at Win- dow , if she did not bring up more Mild Beer , and that my Lord Duke would have a double Mug of Purle . My Sur- prise was increased , in hearing ...
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Страница 286 - I see multitudes of people passing over it," said I, " and a black cloud hanging on each end of it.' As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and, upon...
Страница 287 - ... on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. Take thine eyes off the bridge...
Страница 286 - ... them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Страница 95 - ... as the knight is the best master in the world, he seldom changes his servants; and as he is beloved by all about him, his servants never care for leaving him : by this means his domestics are all in years, and grown old with their master.
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