The Spectator, Том 3Tonson, 1739 |
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... fhew themselves no more . WE may fee by what has been faid , that Jealousy takes the deepest Root in Men of amorous Difpofitions and of these we may find three Kinds who are most over - run with it . THE Firft are those who are ...
... fhew themselves no more . WE may fee by what has been faid , that Jealousy takes the deepest Root in Men of amorous Difpofitions and of these we may find three Kinds who are most over - run with it . THE Firft are those who are ...
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... Account of Jealoufy , and the Perfons who are molt fubject to it , it will be but fair to fhew by what means the Paffion may be beft allay'd , and thofe thofe who are poffeffed with it fet at Eafe . No. 170 . The SPECTATOR .
... Account of Jealoufy , and the Perfons who are molt fubject to it , it will be but fair to fhew by what means the Paffion may be beft allay'd , and thofe thofe who are poffeffed with it fet at Eafe . No. 170 . The SPECTATOR .
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... fhew'd twenty Teeth at a Grinn , and put the Country in fome Pain , left a Foreigner fhould carry away the Honour of the Day ; but upon a farther Trial they found he was Mafter only of the merry Grinn . THE next that mounted the Table ...
... fhew'd twenty Teeth at a Grinn , and put the Country in fome Pain , left a Foreigner fhould carry away the Honour of the Day ; but upon a farther Trial they found he was Mafter only of the merry Grinn . THE next that mounted the Table ...
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... fhew that I had Reason for making it , either from my own Experience or that of other People , or from a reasonable Presumption that my Returns will be fufficient to answer my Expence and Hazard ; and this is never to be done without ...
... fhew that I had Reason for making it , either from my own Experience or that of other People , or from a reasonable Presumption that my Returns will be fufficient to answer my Expence and Hazard ; and this is never to be done without ...
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... fhew my Mistress in particular my Genius for Rallery , I took one of the ⚫ most celebrated Butts in Town along with me . It is ⚫ with the utmost Shame and Confufion that I must acquaint you with the Sequel of my Adventure : As foon as ...
... fhew my Mistress in particular my Genius for Rallery , I took one of the ⚫ most celebrated Butts in Town along with me . It is ⚫ with the utmost Shame and Confufion that I must acquaint you with the Sequel of my Adventure : As foon as ...
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